Sorry, no this is a current limitation of permissions, they need to be known at install time to be granted.
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Kevin TeslaCoil Software < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to implement a custom permission to be used between two of > my apps. > In AppA I declare: > > <uses-permission android:name="com.teslacoilsw.TEST_PERMISSION" /> > > And in AppB I declare: > <permission android:name="com.teslacoilsw.TEST_PERMISSION" > android:label="TeslaCoil Test" > android:protectionLevel="normal" /> > ... > <service android:name=".TestService" > android:exported="true" > android:permission="com.teslacoilsw.TEST_PERMISSION" > /> > > If I install AppB and then install AppA, it work as expected (AppA can > bind to AppB's service). However if I install AppA and then install > AppB, I get a SecurityException when trying to bind to the service as > the permission is not granted. (Tested on Android 4.0.3) > > I've investigated adding the <permission> declaration to both > manifests and this does seem to work, I assume because the permission > now always exists at install time. However this feels wrong to me. > > Is there a correct way for an app to declare a permission in an > environment like the Market where installation order is not > guaranteed? > > Thanks, > -Kevin > > -- > 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
