/* * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package android.backup; import android.backup.RestoreSession; import android.content.Context; import android.os.RemoteException; import android.os.ServiceManager; import android.util.Log; /** * BackupManager is the interface to the system's backup service. Applications * simply instantiate one, and then use that instance to communicate with the * backup infrastructure. *
* When an application has made changes to data which should be backed up, a * call to {@link #dataChanged()} will notify the backup service. The system * will then schedule a backup operation to occur in the near future. Repeated * calls to {@link #dataChanged()} have no further effect until the backup * operation actually occurs. *
* The backup operation itself begins with the system launching the * {@link android.app.BackupAgent} subclass declared in your manifest. See the * documentation for {@link android.app.BackupAgent} for a detailed description * of how the backup then proceeds. *
* A simple implementation of a BackupAgent useful for backing up Preferences * and files is available by using {@link android.backup.BackupHelperAgent}. *
* STOPSHIP: more documentation! *
* XML attributes *
* See {@link android.R.styleable#AndroidManifestApplication * AndroidManifest.xml's application attributes} * * @attr ref android.R.styleable#AndroidManifestApplication_allowBackup * @attr ref android.R.styleable#AndroidManifestApplication_backupAgent * @attr ref * android.R.styleable#AndroidManifestApplication_restoreNeedsApplication * @attr ref android.R.styleable#AndroidManifestApplication_killAfterRestore */ public class BackupManager { private static final String TAG = "BackupManager"; private Context mContext; private static IBackupManager sService; private static void checkServiceBinder() { if (sService == null) { sService = IBackupManager.Stub.asInterface( ServiceManager.getService(Context.BACKUP_SERVICE)); } } /** * Constructs a BackupManager object through which the application can * communicate with the Android backup system. * * @param context The {@link android.content.Context} that was provided when * one of your application's {@link android.app.Activity Activities} * was created. */ public BackupManager(Context context) { mContext = context; } /** * Notifies the Android backup system that your application wishes to back up * new changes to its data. A backup operation using your application's * {@link android.app.BackupAgent} subclass will be scheduled when you call this method. */ public void dataChanged() { checkServiceBinder(); if (sService != null) { try { sService.dataChanged(mContext.getPackageName()); } catch (RemoteException e) { Log.d(TAG, "dataChanged() couldn't connect"); } } } /** * Convenience method for callers who need to indicate that some other package * needs a backup pass. This can be relevant in the case of groups of packages * that share a uid, for example. * * This method requires that the application hold the "android.permission.BACKUP" * permission if the package named in the argument is not the caller's own. */ public static void dataChanged(String packageName) { checkServiceBinder(); if (sService != null) { try { sService.dataChanged(packageName); } catch (RemoteException e) { Log.d(TAG, "dataChanged(pkg) couldn't connect"); } } } /** * Begin the process of restoring data from backup. See the * {@link android.backup.RestoreSession} class for documentation on that process. */ public RestoreSession beginRestoreSession() { RestoreSession session = null; checkServiceBinder(); if (sService != null) { try { String transport = sService.getCurrentTransport(); IRestoreSession binder = sService.beginRestoreSession(transport); session = new RestoreSession(mContext, binder); } catch (RemoteException e) { Log.w(TAG, "beginRestoreSession() couldn't connect"); } } return session; } }