Hi Mark, Thanks for the response.
Yeah, goToSleep may be restricted in the API, but it says nothing about that in the SDK Documentation. I based my assumptions about it being a permission issue on a comment I saw over at the Stack Overflow forums. Somebody mentioned that they got a security exception when they tried to call one of the Power Manager functions and the response was...it's a level 2 permission, which effectively makes it off limits to user programs. So, I'm not sure. I guess I was wondering if there was any documentation available to definitively states what API object methods an ordinary 3rd party application can and can't use. Oh, and the app I was writing was a bit of both. Learning the API and trying some practical code bits to see what my app can and can't do. Regards, Richard > Richard, > > On Jun 15, 2010, at 11:11 AM, Richard C. Cox wrote: > > I've sent the message numerous times, but I assume it's being moderated > > from some reason. I'll try again: > > > > I'm not sure if I completely grasp the Android permissions model. I > > recently started working on a simple widget to put the phone to sleep. > > Of course, it always gets a security exception because an ordinary user > > app isn't allowed to call the PowerManager method 'goToSleep' because > > it's requires the 'signature' level permission DEVICE_POWER. But I > > could find nowhere in the docs or on Google that officially says that. > > > > Is there some document that lists the permission levels of android > > platform defined permissions? > > > > Or, am I looking at permissions completely wrong? > > I'm brand new to Android development myself, so I could be completely wrong > here. I suspect that it isn't a permissions issue as much as it is a > restrict API issue. As you state above, ordinary applications aren't > allowed to call the goToSleep(). > > What I think you want is the list of restricted API calls, or rather a list > of the "internal to Google" content providers. By examining the source > code you could discover these and perhaps utilize them, but at your own > peril. > > Was a widget to put the phone to sleep a learning exercise or part of an > application you wanted to develop? Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
