On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Brad Gies <[email protected]> wrote: > I still want an "ask the user" optional permission for the read contacts > because even though my app will drop using them for now, it would be a very > handy feature for them. Just so you know, my app is about connecting with > friends, and being able to access their friends email addresses one time > would save the users a lot of typing and setup later. But, it's just not > worth it to have to declare it in my app as if I will be ALWAYS accessing > them, and THAT does remove a very handy feature, that I would keep if I > could just ask the user the one or two times they would actually use it. > It's actually a HUGE issue for me because not keeping it means that many > users may not find my app all that useful because they won't get it setup to > find their friends easily, while keeping it means that many users will never > install it. Damned if I do... Damned if I don't... and right now there is no > good answer.
What if you could launch a contact picker for the user to select an e-mail address that is returned to you? We need to build out the contacts interaction so that it has richer interactions to provide UI for other apps without them needing contacts permission themselves. (And to also use FLAG_GRANT_URI_*_PERMISSION to return permission to access a contact entry that is selected.) But even before that, someone could write their own app that provides something like this facility, without using FLAG_GRANT_URI_*_PERMISSION, to anyone who wants to use it. -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- 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
