App that should not install on the external storage
If you install xxx on the external storage, the following
feature(s) will not work or behave as expected.
- App Widgets: App Widgets will be removed from the home screen
when you enable USB mass storage.
- Live Wallpapers: the Live Wallpaper will be replaced by the
default Live Wallpaper when you enable USB mass storage.
- Live Folders: Live Folders will be removed from the home screen
when you enable USB mass storage.
- Listening for "boot completed" event: this app will
schedule a task or perform application-specific initialization after you reboot the device.
If you install this app on the external storage, the app won't be notified
after the system has finished booting.
- Account Managers: your accounts created with AccountManager
will disappear until external storage is remounted.
- Sync Adapters: the sync functionality will not work until
external storage is remounted.
- Device Administrators: all the administration capabilities
will be disabled when you enable USB mass storage.
- Input Method Engines: the IME will be replaced by the default IME.
when you enable USB mass storage.
Why the AppMgr app marks this app as movable (can be moved to the external storage)?
Beginning with Android 2.2(froyo), developers can allow their applications to be
installed on the external storage (for example, the device's SD card). This is an
optional feature developers can declare for their applications. If developers
declare it, user can install their applications on the external storage.
If you find any movable app that failed to work after you install it on the external storage,
please kindly email developers (not us).