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A little explanation on why and how would help too. |
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Short answer: AsyncStorage does not control this and it depends on your app and/or the platform. Longer answer: On Android, it seems that the default behaviour is to delete only the app and keep the data around. This means that if you re-install the app, you'll get the state prior to removing the app. Apparently, you can disable this by setting |
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If user updates the app, it will be equivalent of a reinstall right? Sorry if this is a irrelavant question. |
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When the user updates the app, the app is just replaced. The data is not touched. |
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Hi Tido, My app data was cleared upon updating in the iOS App Store. Is there anyway to retrieve my previously stored data using AsyncStorage? |
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Short answer: AsyncStorage does not control this and it depends on your app and/or the platform.
Longer answer: On Android, it seems that the default behaviour is to delete only the app and keep the data around. This means that if you re-install the app, you'll get the state prior to removing the app. Apparently, you can disable this by setting
android:allowBackup="false". On iOS, it seems that deleting the app also removes the associated data. You can opt into iCloud, which should backup the data and restore it on re-install.