Android: Delete app associated files from external storage on Uninstall?

Question

It\'d be convenient if an application I\'m writing stored some files to external storage permanently (so they persist after the application has been exited[destroyed]), but

Answer 1

Quoting from the blog post of CommonsWare

• Internal storage: your file is deleted

• External storage: if you wrote your file to a location rooted at getExternalFilesDir() or getExternalCacheDir(), your file is deleted. If you wrote your file elsewhere (e.g., Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory()), your file is not deleted

• Removable storage, prior to Android 4.4: removable storage is not officially accessible; if your file winds up out there, it should not be deleted when your app is uninstalled

• Removable storage, Android 4.4+: AFAIK, if you write to a supported location (getExternalFilesDirs() or getExternalCacheDirs()), your file is deleted if that particular bit of removable storage is in the device at the time of uninstall