There's also an android-beginners group that accepts these questions more openly..
kris On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:15 PM, rambabu mareedu <[email protected]> wrote: > don't waste android-developers time ...do R&D in Google not in google group > > > On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 12:38 AM, Kristopher Micinski > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 > > > > > -- > Regards > Rambabu Mareedu > 9581411199 > > -- > 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. 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