Switching to app-specific storage - SurveyCTO Documentation

In Admin Settings, there is a new option at the bottom labeled App storage location. You can switch between Private app storage and Public app ... Printedfrom:SurveyCTOProductDocumentation SourceURL:https://docs.surveycto.com/collect/shifting-to-app-specific-storage/ Lastupdated:2021-11-20 Switchingtoapp-specificstorage Warnings StartinginCollect2.70.2,whenyouuninstallCollect,allformsanddatawillbedeletedaswell.Thisisthetypicalbehaviorofmostappsthesedays,soitshouldnotbesurprisingformostusers,butitisachangefromtheexistingbehaviorofearlierversionsofCollect. Ifyoucurrentlyinteractdirectlywiththe/SurveyCTOfolder,you'llneedtoswitchtothePublicappstorageoption(seebelow). Whatchanged? Startingin2.70.2,CollectforAndroidhasswitchedtoamuchmoresecurewayofstoringdata.Theold/SurveyCTOdirectoryisnolongerused.Bydefault,everythingisstoredinprivatestoragewithintheappitself,andwillnotbeaccessibletoanyotherapponthedevice. WhatdoIneedtodo? Themajorityofuserswillnotneedtodoanything.Whenyouupdateto2.70.2(oralaterversion),youwillbeguidedthroughamigrationprocesstomoveyourolddatatothenewprivatestoragelocation.Formostusers,thiswillbea1-clickprocess.TherewillbenodifferencetohowyouuseCollect. Switchingtopublicstorage WhywouldIneedtousepublicstorage? Youneedtointeractdirectlywithappdata. SomeworkflowsinvolveinteractingdirectlywiththedatastoredinCollect.Forexample,youmayhaveaseparateapponyourdevicethatmonitorsthe.xmldataasitisbeingcollected.Or,youmaybetroubleshootinganerrorinoneofyourformsandbeaskedtosubmittherawappdatafordebuggingpurposes.Pleasenote:youdonotneedtoaccessthisfoldertosubmitformdata. Youdonothaveenoughstorageavailableininternalstorage. Ifyourdevicehaslimitedinternalstorage,butyouhaveanexternalstoragedevicelikeanSDcard,switchingtopublicstoragewillusetheexternalmediainsteadofinternalstorage.Ifyoudonothaveenoughinternalstorageavailablewhenyouupdate,youwillbeabletoswitchtousingpublicstorageaspartofthemigrationprocess. HowdoIswitchtousingpublicstorage? InAdminSettings,thereisanewoptionatthebottomlabeledAppstoragelocation.YoucanswitchbetweenPrivateappstorageandPublicappstorageatanytime.Ifyouhavealotofdatastoredonthedevice,switchingstoragelocationsmaytakealongtime. Whereispublicstorage? IfyouselectthePublicappstorageoption,alldatawillbestoredinthefollowinglocation: /Android/data/com.surveycto.collect.android/files/SurveyCTO Ifyouhaveanyotherappsthatinteractdirectlywiththeappdata,youwillneedtoupdatethoseappstousethisnewlocationinsteadoftheold/SurveyCTOfolder. Howtoexport/importsettings IfyouwouldliketotransferCollectsettingsfromonedevicetoanother,theprocesswillbeslightlymodifiedin2.70.2.WhenyouexportsettingsfromtheAdminsettingsmenu,thecollect.settingsfilewillnowbesavedinthefollowinglocation: /Android/data/com.surveycto.collect.android/files/export/settings WhenimportingCollectsettingsusingacollect.settingsfile,youwillnowneedtoplacethatfileinthefollowinglocation: /Android/data/com.surveycto.collect.android/files/import/settings Formoreinfo,pleasereadthedocumentationtopiconmanagingdevicesettings. Howtoimportmaptiles Theprocessforworkingwithofflinemaptilesisslightlydifferentin2.70.2.ToimportmaptilesforuseinofflineGPScollection,youcandropyourMBTilefilesinthefollowinglocation: /Android/data/com.surveycto.collect.android/files/config/layers Formoreinformation,pleasereadthedocumentationtopiconcollectingGPSdata. 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