Adaptive on-device storage management across multiple applications

A computer program product for adaptive on-device management across multiple applications, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a data object from a first application running on a computing device;
• receiving a unique identifier (ID) of the data object, the unique ID being assigned by the first application;
• receiving an access permission for the data object from the first application;
• storing the data object, the unique ID, and the access permission in a data repository in a data distributor layer on the computing device;
• receiving, at an access controller layer of the computing device, a request for the data object from a second application running on the computing device, the request including the unique ID;
• retrieving, by the access controller layer, the data object from the data distributor layer using the unique ID in response to the request;
• and
• providing, by the access controller layer, the data object to the second application.

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor;
• and
• logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor, the logic being configured to:
• receive a data object from a first application running on a computing device;
• receive a unique identifier (ID) of the data object, the unique ID being assigned by the first application;
• receive an access permission for the data object from the first application;
• store the data object, the unique ID, and the access permission in a data repository in a data distributor layer on the computing device;
• receive, at an access controller layer of the computing device, a request for the data object from a second application running on the computing device, the request including the unique ID;
• retrieve, by the access controller layer, the data object from the data distributor layer using the unique ID in response to the request;
• and
• provide, by the access controller layer, the data object to the second application.