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===Issues=== | ===Issues=== | ||
* We need to ensure the files are not cleared or overwritten during an update. The Android "Manage Apps" system allows users to "Clear Data" and we need to verify this does not clear the files. | * <strike>We need to ensure the files are not cleared or overwritten during an update. The Android "Manage Apps" system allows users to "Clear Data" and we need to verify this does not clear the files.</strike> | ||
* Since we extract from the APK during first run, if a user never runs Firefox but does update it, there is a chance the distribution files would never be extracted. | * <strike>Since we extract from the APK during first run, if a user never runs Firefox but does update it, there is a chance the distribution files would never be extracted.</strike> | ||
The use of a /system file location for distribution files solves these issues. | |||
==Future Ideas== | ==Future Ideas== | ||
In order to keep the distribution files from being cleared or overwritten, we could ask partners making ROM images to store the files in a well known system location, which would not be touched during a Firefox update. | In order to keep the distribution files from being cleared or overwritten, we could ask partners making ROM images to store the files in a well known system location, which would not be touched during a Firefox update. | ||