Download folder should be exluded from auto backups

[janrenz]

Download folder should be exluded from auto backups

[tobiasrohloff]

What backup tool are you using?

[janrenz]

I was referring this: http://developer.android.com/training/backup/autosyncapi.html We should make sure that no unimportant data is backed up.

[tobiasrohloff]

I think we are fine with the default configuration:

Automatically excluded data files

Most apps do not need to, and in fact should not, back up all data. For example, the system should not back up temporary files and caches. For this reason, the automatic backup service excludes certain data files by default:

• Files in the directories to which the getCacheDir() and getCodeCacheDir() methods refer.
• Files located on external storage, unless they reside in the directory to which the getExternalFilesDir() method refers.
• Files located in the directory to which the getNoBackupFilesDir() method refers.

Our downloaded files are saved in Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), which is exluded from auto backups. Unless you're not doing a manual back up of your external storage.

[janrenz]

OK, great. Thanks for checking.