design/assistant/blog/day 254 Android app polishinggit-annexhttp://git-annex.branchable.com/design/assistant/blog/day_254__Android_app_polishing/git-annexikiwiki2013-11-27T22:47:37Zcomment 1http://git-annex.branchable.com/design/assistant/blog/day_254__Android_app_polishing/comment_1_37f4ff5227566ce4b3fa69fc32568841/Bruno2013-11-27T22:47:37Z2013-05-04T05:30:26Z
<blockquote><p>The camera repository is put in the "source" preferred content group, so it will only hang onto photos and videos until they're uploaded off the Android device.</p></blockquote>
<p>This is very nice but I'm wondering if I take a picture that I want to share using an Android app like Facebook, would the picture get deleted before I could share it?</p>
<p>Would there be a way to access old pictures? For example, to show them to people you meet.</p>
comment 2http://git-annex.branchable.com/design/assistant/blog/day_254__Android_app_polishing/comment_2_58bbb105bdbb72bba85c3622195f43b9/joey2013-11-27T22:47:37Z2013-05-06T15:08:19Z
<p>As it stands, using the "source" repository type will tend to remove the picture from that repository pretty quickly, assuming a fast network connection. I think if you want to do things on your phone with pictures you take, it's best to use "client" instead. Perhaps with an archive repository set up, so you can move stuff to an "archive" folder when done with it to get it removed from the phone.</p>
<p>Whether "source" is a good default in this case remains to be seen...</p>
<p>It might also be possible to change "source" in some way to make it more useful. For example, if it held onto new files for a day after they were created, you'd have plenty of time to use them before they expire off your phone. I have posted some thoughts about this to <a href="http://git-annex.branchable.com/design/assistant/partial_content/">partial content</a>.</p>