You can't introduce anything new to the manifest: no new activities, no new services (which means no new IME, live wallpaper, etc), no new receivers (thus no new app widgets, device admins, etc), no new content providers.
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Chris Stratton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday, August 2, 2011 6:17:53 PM UTC-4, Dianne Hackborn wrote: >> >> That isn't the same thing. It still can't do anything more than the >> permissions you allowed it. >> > > That's why I said "additional code operating within its current permissions > limits" > > >> NDK or Java is irrelevant -- you could just have a little scripting engine >> and download code for it. Or whatever. Trying to prevent apps from doing >> dynamic code execution is kind-of a doomed battle. :) >> > > Indeed - but it raises the point of what you can do with a new application > that you can't do with dynamic code execution in an existing one: > > - Get additional permissions (presumably Internet is already claimed to > enable the download) > - Get a new launcher icon (or is there a way to do that dynamically?) > - Get a new user ID > > If none of these are absolutely required, then augmenting an existing app > with new code might be a passable alternative to installing a new one. > > -- > 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 > -- 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
