Re: [android-developers] Clean other apps cache

On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Put_tiMe <puttime@gmail.com> wrote:
> There are some apps out there which claim to clean cache from all
> apps.
>
> How does it work?

External cache (on external storage) could conceivably be "cleaned" by
anyone. Internal cache should not, barring a security flaw. Some apps
will claim to request DELETE_CACHE_FILES, but that is a
signature-level permission (at least in the current source code).

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