> You are welcome to write your own firmware with this sort of capability.
seriously?! well, i'm waiting for far more compelling reasons to do so. > I sincerely hope that this is impossible, for obvious privacy and > security reasons. what obvious reasons of privacy and security? when the user's entire contact list, phone state, pictures, sd card files, etc, is accessible to an app [assuming the user agrees to the permissions], i really don't see the huge privacy issues involved in having an app to receive an intent broadcasted during installation of an app. I simply wanted to know if any such intent is broadcasted! if privacy and device security were so much of an over-arching concern, i'm sure apps like "applock" and "hide it pro" wouldn't be possible to develop. let alone, have 250k+ downloads! On Aug 29, 1:08 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Anirvan <[email protected]> wrote: > > i was thinking of building an app that provides some kind of "control" > > overinstallationofappsin a device. the control mechanism is, of > > course, meant for the device owner to configure. > > You are welcome to write your own firmware with this sort of capability. > > > to that end, i was wondering if the Android Market app broadcasts any > > intent at the point when the user clicks "Install" for anewapp? this > > intent can be trapped to perform the necessary permission check. > > I sincerely hope that this is impossible, for obvious privacy and > security reasons. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Training...At Your Office:http://commonsware.com/training -- 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
