Recent content by Another Matt

Thanks, but what are the permission(s) that allow an app to "access data" in the sense relevant here? The only permissions of this nature that I can recall seeing are "modify/delete SD card contents", and possibly others referring to SD cards or external storage. I have never seen any...

Thanks for your reply. In my situation there is only one user, so please ignore the issues of multiple users. Just to be completely clear about this ... You say that me running any app could access the file, which could sound as if I always have some control over or visibility of what is...

Hi, thanks for your reply, but I thought that an app's own data was usually put in a place in the file structure not directly visible to users. For example, at Storage Options | Android Developers it says "You can save files directly on the device's internal storage. By default, files saved to...

Hi, what controls the access that apps have to the user-visible file structure that I see via the "My Files" widget (structure shown as "Root" with subfolders "Alarms", "Android", "Download", "Movies", etc. etc.)? Or do all apps automatically have permission to access all of this? If it makes...