On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Nikolay Elenkov > <[email protected]> wrote: >>> One possibility is to use permissions. However, other apps could find >>> those permissions and request them, and if the user grants them, those >>> other apps have access to your content provider. >> >> If it's a signature permission they won't be able to get it unless singed >> with >> the same key. >> >> http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/permission-element.html#plevel > > True, though that then gets into install-time UX issues, as the user > will still be presented the permission request (AFAIK).
I don't remember seeing an UI, and at least the docs say that it's granted automatically (maybe it changed?): If the certificates match, the system automatically grants the permission without notifying the user or asking for the user's explicit approval. -- 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
