android-backup-service
How Do You Test the Android 6.0 Full-Backup Behavior?
After having discussed and tested various scenarios (refer to comments below the question), I’ve decided to combine and write up those results into an answer. In reality, this doesn’t actually solve the problem presented, but it will answer the question of “How do you successfuly use the command-line tools (or anything else) to test the … Read more
Android backup/restore: how to backup an internal database?
After revisiting my question, I was able to get it to work after looking at how ConnectBot does it. Thanks Kenny and Jeffrey! It’s actually as easy as adding: FileBackupHelper hosts = new FileBackupHelper(this, “../databases/” + HostDatabase.DB_NAME); addHelper(HostDatabase.DB_NAME, hosts); to your BackupAgentHelper. The point I was missing was the fact that you’d have to use … Read more
What is “android:allowBackup”?
For this lint warning, as for all other lint warnings, note that you can get a fuller explanation than just what is in the one line error message; you don’t have to search the web for more info. If you are using lint via Eclipse, either open the lint warnings view, where you can select … Read more