Hi Dianne, could you please comment which would be a correct way to handle this limitation then? If I want to protect a plugin to my application with a custom permission, should I declare this permission in both apps?
Thanks. On Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:11:33 AM UTC+4, Dianne Hackborn wrote: > > 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
