My argument is that, plain and simply, the default settings apps were inadequate for many users. Having been forced back to using them, those users are objecting, and I agree completely.
It is not just a case of "I disabled GPS and now CrazyAlsFriendFinder turned it on and drained my battery." Nobody is arguing that that is a good thing. (Well.. maybe Crazy Al is. But he's crazy.) There is also the case of "At 3:15, if Locale cannot find MyWorkWifi, I want it to turn on GPS and see where I am. If I'm home, turn off 3g." Or the much simpler "I want to use ToggleSettings to control all my toggles in one place, from a dropdown." This could be at least mitigated by an additional, simpler intent for each disabled permission: "Turn On?" (Similar to the mount/unmount prompt.) That saves some use cases such as manual settings change apps (and judging by the number of them in the market, users do NOT like the default menus.) And it gets closer to the "all apps are created equal" basis of Android. A later addition to that prompt could allow for "always permit this application to control this setting". (And maybe add a notification entry every time it is changed without prompting..?) Again - you block underhanded/unexpected apps, but you still let the user use the apps THEY want to use to control THEIR phone. And if you are worried about it, wipe out the always-allow perms when an app is upgraded. On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Mike Hearn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Clearly. Let me rephrase - while changing settings (Airplane mode), > > user navigates through Settings and disables GPS as well. > > So your argument is that if the user has explicitly disabled the GPS > function, your app should be able to turn it on without asking them? > This is exactly why the change was made! > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
