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diff --git a/doc/design/assistant/android.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant/android.mdwn index e8f192748..d936d53cc 100644 --- a/doc/design/assistant/android.mdwn +++ b/doc/design/assistant/android.mdwn @@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ Porting git-annex to Android will use the Android native SDK. A hopefully small Java app will be developed, which runs the webapp daemon, and a web browser to display it. -[[!toc]] - ### programs to port These will probably need to be bundled into the Android app, unless already @@ -53,19 +51,3 @@ Problem: #### crazy `LD_PRELOAD` wrapper Need I say more? (Also, Android's linker may not even support it.) - -### partial content - -On a regular system, a reasonable simplifying assumption is that all the -files in the folder will be synced to the system. A user might want to -disable syncing of some subdirectories, for eg, archived files. But in -general, things are simpler to understand and implement if all files sync. - -But, a phone probably cannot hold all a user's files. Indeed, it's likely -that old files will be aggressively dropped from the phone after syncing to -elsewhere, in order to keep enough free space on it for new files. - -There needs to be a way for the user to browse files not on the phone and -request they be transferred to it. This could be done as a browser in the -web app, or using a subdirectory full of placeholder files (not symlinks; -see above) that start transfer of the real file when accessed. |