On 07/14/2010 10:54 AM, Joe wrote:
I can see why Google wouldn't want to complicate the permissions for a
user. I am not suggesting they let the user choose which permissions
to allow. An obvious issue with doing that is that users could "break"
your app by crippling the permissions, and then complain it doesn't
work and give you a bad rating on the market. That is really a
separate topic/argument.
I think you misunderstood what I asked for: what I'm after is that the
DEVELOPER should have the ability to flag a particular permission as
optional. Market can use this for filtering - in your case an optional
BlueTooth permission would allow users with no bluetooth library
(theoretically 1.x) to install the application. For a user who installs
it on a device WITH bluetooth, the normal installation warning screen
would allow that option to be deselected. The application will have to
check whether it actually got the optional permission - if it doesn´t it
deserves a bad rating.
Although this is not exactly your problem at the moment it certainly is
closely related. IMHO.
Any way back to my issue:
Apps are (or were) filtered from the market based on screen size and
android version.
They were not filtered based on permissions.
I wouldn't place any bets on that one. I'm pretty sure that for instance
the Barcode Scanner program is filtered out for devices that lack auto
focus for instance. This may not exactly be permissions, but rather a
device profile (I've noted that new/prerelease phones often see a lot
less of the apps on Market), but exactly how it works may be something
that we really shouldn't know too many details of since I would expect
it to change (hopefully improve) over time.
It seems some confusion
has crept in. When i say in my app is android:minSdkVersion="3" - i
mean it :)
The bluetooth permissions have been around since the start, they are
nothing new.
This is obviously a mistake recently introduced on the Android
Market.
Anyone coding a bluetooth app should have made it backwards compatible
(as mine was) OR have set their minSdkVersion="5"
Well, the good old Bluetooth File Transfer app seems to work. I've not
got a 1.6 device handy, but the one installed on my Milestone has target
sdk set to 4 and it asks for BT admin plus create BT connections.
On Jul 14, 10:39 am, DonFrench<[email protected]> wrote:
Ok, I clicked the star and added my support.
Excellent! Anyone else?
Best / Jonas
--
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
