Thanks Mark, Yes, it is public. I did give the DEVICE_POWER permission to my app, but still get the security exception when I call the goToSleep function. Somebody said it was a level 2 (signature) permission, so ordinary 3rd party apps (ones that don't hold the same signature as the API) can't use it. I assumed that was correct, since that's the only explaination I could come up with as to why I get the security exception when my simple test app calls that function. This is all in the emulator, BTW.
What I was really looking for was some documentation about which permissions are at what level. Best Regards, Richard On Wednesday 16 June 2010 16:52:21 Mark Murphy wrote: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Al <[email protected]> wrote: > > Richard C. Cox wrote: > >> Yeah, goToSleep may be restricted in the API, but it says nothing about > >> that in the SDK Documentation. > > > > Non-public APIs aren't mentioned in the sdk documentation. They may be > > documented in the source code but suppressed from javadoc with @hide. > > Actually, goToSleep() is public, just only accessible for applications > that hold the DEVICE_POWER permission. The need for that permission is > not documented there, which is simply a documentation bug. -- 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
