These were added early on..., I believe around 1.5? You can check, but I'd just set my minSdk to be as low as possible, probably 2.2. (So, 8.)
In general, you will take the lowest feature set you need and set your API level at that. If you're using ActionBar you might run into problems, but there are generally compatability libraries for earlier API levels (e.g., ActionBarSherlock...) kris On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Andrew Pennebaker <[email protected]> wrote: > What's the lowest SDK veraion that gets rid of these permissions? I'd like > to support Gingerbread without any extra permissions if possible. > > On Dec 14, 2012 1:56 PM, "Kristopher Micinski" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Just bump up your min SDK level up.. >> >> <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="integer" >> android:targetSdkVersion="integer" >> android:maxSdkVersion="integer" /> >> >> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Andrew Pennebaker >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Thank you, that's a good explanation. How exactly should I edit >> > AndroidManifest to remove these permissions? >> > >> > On Dec 14, 2012 1:28 PM, "Mark Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Andrew Pennebaker >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > The SDK docs say that by default, Android apps do not request any >> >> > permissions. However, when I generated a Hello World app, it requires >> >> > three >> >> > permissions: >> >> > >> >> > android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE >> >> > android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE >> >> > android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE >> >> > >> >> > I have not asked for any of these. They do not appear in my >> >> > AndroidManifest.xml, nor do they show up when I grep my project. How >> >> > are >> >> > these silly permissions getting into my APK? >> >> >> >> Because you failed to put in a <uses-sdk> element, or you have your >> >> android:minSdkVersion set very low, most likely. This is one of the >> >> reasons why the Eclipse new-project wizard sets up a reasonable >> >> default <uses-sdk> element. >> >> >> >> What you are seeing are permissions that were added after Android 1.0 >> >> shipped and are "grandfathered in" for apps written to support Android >> >> 1.0. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >> >> http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy >> >> http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy >> >> >> >> Aqui estão alguns sites onde você pode perguntar ou responder dúvidas >> >> sobre desenvolvimento de aplicações para Android: >> >> http://www.andglobe.com >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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 >> > >> > -- >> > 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 >> >> -- >> 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 > > -- > 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 -- 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
