Storage Migration FAQ

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David Allison edited this page Nov 26, 2021 · 4 revisions

Android privacy changes require that AnkiDroid moves its collection & media to a location only accessible by the app.

We cannot distribute the app on the Play Store if we do not make these changes

Data is accessible via USB at Device\Internal shared storage\Android\data\com.ichi2.anki\1
Third Party Apps will need to use the AnkiDroid API to access & modify AnkiDroid data

How does this affect data on SD cards?

TODO

Benefits

Android is much faster at writing files to this new location

Media synchronization will be much faster
Deck imports will be much faster

Downsides

Before migration

AnkiDroid will lose access to its previous data location when it is uninstalled
- If you uninstall AnkiDroid before completing a data migration, you will either need to restore your data from AnkiWeb, or contact us for instructions to manually move the data.

After migration

Android's "Clear Data" will clear all AnkiDroid data, rather than just clearing preferences
Uninstalling the app will give you the option of clearing all data