On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Chris Stratton <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, but the downside is that a fixed, install-time request requires that > all users of the app grant blanket permission for something which the app > may want to do rarely, only if optional feature are enabled, etc. Consider > an app which is quite useful for interacting with files on the sdcard, but > which a minority of users would like to use with external network content as > well, or which could optionally integrate with contacts from the address > book, but doesn't have to.
Oh, well, you're preaching to the choir on that point, which is why I am busily documenting various approaches for implementing plugins, to help isolate excess permissions in separate APKs. Google seems dead-set on not supporting optional permissions or revocable permissions, which means a plugin model is our only real option for providing that kind of flexibility to users. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 4.1 Available! -- 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
