Yup, it's very easy to do, all you need is about a hundred lines of ruby :-) (or doing it yourself in a few minutes..)
kris On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 9:52 PM, James Black <planiturth...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good point, actually, I never though of someone just adding the permission > and getting free use of some feature. > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Kristopher Micinski > <krismicin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/ContextWrapper.html#checkPermission(java.lang.String, >> int, int) >> >> A few libraries do this (admob, a few other libraries, etc...) to make >> sure they don't break the program incase the developer accidentally >> forgets to put the internet permission on (or in my case, if somebody >> strips it off ;-)... >> >> However, it seems like the way you use this is a bit hackey, you might >> want to think of a better way to design your code to determine what >> functionality you need than checking for a permission.. (This isn't >> meant as an insult, but, for example, what happens if somebody takes >> your unpaid version, adds the contacts permission, and suddenly gets >> the paid functionality?) >> >> kris >> >> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 9:06 PM, James Black <planiturth...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > I have a paid version of a program that will go to the contacts >> > provider, >> > but the free version doesn't. >> > >> > So, in the manifest file I have it set for the paid app. >> > >> > But, both versions go to the same function to use what was entered, >> > as, if >> > the data isn't a contact then the program calls a webservice. >> > >> > Right now I just catch the SecurityException, and that works, but I am >> > not >> > happy with this solution, and I am curious if there is a better way. >> > >> > -- >> > "I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm >> > not >> > sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." >> > - Robert McCloskey >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Android Developers" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > -- > "I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not > sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." > - Robert McCloskey > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
