OYE! We're off topic and this is a very common complaint. People butt heads with me over the permissions all. the. time. It's so frustrating. I do the best I can to explain these things up front on the Android Market (or "Google Play" [worst name ever]) but the Google Play interface is not amenable to disseminating this kind of information efficiently. For example, I offer an explanation for the various permissions right there on Google Play in the app description, but people don't read it anyway...and then they give me a hard time about the permissions even though I explained before they ever install the app! I can't stand it!!! :-D <laughing-at-the-absurdity-of-the-situation>
The app is a spreadsheet. The ability to jump to the phone dialer was a specific user request (not even my idea) to enable users to tap phone numbers in spread sheets and jump to the dialer app to easy calling. It's really quite an intuitive concept when you think about it, I thought it was a fantastic suggestion from a user interfaced point of view, but you honestly would not believe how much grief I've gotten over it. On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 3:09:30 PM UTC-7, Fran wrote: > > Why it needs permission to call phone numbers? I rather like to try it on > my N7, but no with such permission, indeed. > On Sep 19, 2012 11:53 PM, "Keith Wiley" <kbw...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Shead Spreet Lite. I would also be curious about WildSpectra Mobile >> Lite. Since they are built in very similar ways (w.r.t. the basic OS >> framework and model) I expect their menu behavior to be similar such that >> verifying with either one should inform me about both...I presume. >> >> Thanks a bunch! >> >> On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 2:47:56 PM UTC-7, Fran wrote: >>> >>> What's your app? Is on Google play? >>> On Sep 19, 2012 11:36 PM, "Keith Wiley" <kbw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Well, that's fair. I'm not denying the the current release is a little >>>> old and targets older SDKs. The app could certainly benefit from some >>>> sprucing up. However, I wanted to verify whether the app *should* >>>> essentially work on modern hardware given that some users were emailing me >>>> saying they didn't know how to access the menus. There's a big difference >>>> between saying I ought to update my app when I get a chance to keep things >>>> smooth and modern and saying the app is effectively broken on modern >>>> hardware and won't work until I release an emergency patch to get it >>>> going >>>> again. >>>> >>>> I was just trying to get a better picture of the circumstances. I >>>> *think* this discussion has cleared it up, and I *think* my app should be >>>> working on modern devices, albeit through an OS sidedoor meant as a >>>> temporary fix until older apps are updated. I'll have to try to find a >>>> Nexus to test it on myself to be absolutely certain of the circumstances. >>>> >>>> Thanks again. >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 2:27:36 PM UTC-7, Fran wrote: >>>>> >>>>> What Mark said is that you did things the "standard" way, users >>>>> without hard menu button will see a soft one. But if you did it another >>>>> way, it won't be shown. >>>>> >>>>> So you should update your app. >>>>> On Sep 19, 2012 11:08 PM, "Keith Wiley" <kbw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 1:58:42 PM UTC-7, bob wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *Many of the latest Android devices have eliminated the hard menu >>>>>>>> key found on earlier hardware. Consequently, it's now the >>>>>>>> responsibility of >>>>>>>> app developers to include soft menu keys in their apps. * >>>>>>> >>>>>>> * >>>>>>> * >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Um, forgive me, but this response seems fundamentally at odds with >>>>>> Mark's initial response. >>>>>> >>>>>> Which response is closer to the correct answer? Is my app inherently >>>>>> broken on such devices or not? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- > > -- 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
