Re: [PhoneGap] Is there a way to get an uninstall event?

[Simon MacDonald]

What platform?

Simon Mac Donald
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On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Mark Sanford <markts...@gmail.com> wrote:

My app uses the File API to store downloaded files on the device.   Is there some way for my javascript code to get notified when a user uninstalls the app, so that it can clean up the files it has written?   Or is there some other way to deal with this issue?

Thank you.

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[Mark Sanford]

Android and iOS.

[Mark Sanford]

I see there is a discussion of how to do this on Android:

If you want to make sure the files are deleted when the application is
uninstalled you would want to store them in:
/data/data/{package name}
/sdcard/Android/data/{package_name}/files/
as those directories is cleaned up when app is uninstalled.

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/phonegap/how$20to$20link$20files/phonegap/lLHf5BXqvtM/5Dx04a5vlWsJ

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I'm not very familiar with iOS, but I'm guessing there is a similar convention, or better yet the app is sandboxed and all files are automatically removed?

[Simon MacDonald]

Great you saved me finding my old post on Android. To the best of my knowledge on iOS the files are in the sandbox so when the app is uninstalled the files are removed as well.

Simon Mac Donald
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[Srinu vass]

Is there any way to get an uninstall event, because Actual reason I have build my own apk, the user goes to uninstallation , I have to display an alert to the user, so please help me ..

[Kerri Shotts]

Why do you have to display an alert to the user?

Your app should /never/ interfere in its own removal.