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Commit 3f0db943 authored by Christopher Tate's avatar Christopher Tate Committed by android-build-merger
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Correct docs about what is ignored in full-data backup 

am: c5be8f8a

* commit 'c5be8f8a':
  Correct docs about what is ignored in full-data backup

Change-Id: If70b6d247126758dcc82ec7780060ad99253a32d
parents cad814b9 c5be8f8a

core/java/android/app/backup/BackupAgent.java

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@@ -488,9 +488,11 @@ public abstract class BackupAgent extends ContextWrapper { 
     * to place it with the proper location and permissions on the device where the

     * data is restored.

     *

     * <p class="note">It is safe to explicitly back up files underneath your application's

     * {@link #getNoBackupFilesDir()} directory, and they will be restored to that

     * location correctly.

     * <p class="note">Attempting to back up files in directories that are ignored by

     * the backup system will have no effect.  For example, if the app calls this method

     * with a file inside the {@link #getNoBackupFilesDir()} directory, it will be ignored.

     * See {@link #onFullBackup(FullBackupDataOutput) for details on what directories

     * are excluded from backups.

     *

     * @param file The file to be backed up.  The file must exist and be readable by

     *     the caller.