Make app movable to SD card #1
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Rationale
Over 25% of the world's Android devices still run Android 6.0 or older [1]. This version of Android still has native support for moving applications to SD cards — this is crucial when dealing with low-storage devices. Many more recent OEM OSes also support moving applications to SD cards. This means making applications movable to the SD card is IMHO a rational choice.
Solution
Add
android:installLocation="auto"flag to AndroidMainfest.xml. The default for Android is, curiously, not"auto"but"internalOnly"https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/install-location
Signed-off-by: Atrate [email protected]