Yes, but that is not my point : if you need to write to external data storage (the sdcard) then the permission seems to be granted automatically if your app is under 1.5 (or lower) so the end user does not feel like.."hey you are going to write to my sdcard" and he does feel secure (even if it is not true at all because this permission is granted without his knowledge and application is probably going to write freely to the sdcard), however, the exact same application using 1.6 , MUST add the permission and then the user must accept it.... but, the way it is presented, specially that the application could modify the content of the sdcard makes the user feel like this 1,6 application is less secure than the previous one and might refuse to install it (which is the case we are facing), so you have better chance in the market having a 1.5 application than a 1.6 or higher, unless you dont need to access the sdcard, i am not calling this very good for pushing new OS application......
On Jan 25, 4:45 am, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > If you are explicitly supporting 1.6 and up, users are NOT shown these > permissions, since you have set android:targetSdk="4" so the platform will > not automatically add those permissions. > > If you have not set the targetSdk to 4 or higher, then you are an older app, > and the platform must automatically give you those permissions, because on > previous versions of the platform there was no restriction on applications > doing these things. > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Carlo <ca...@hyperdevbox.com> wrote: > > We are receiving many emails from customers very afraid with the new > > "SD card permission" that will "modify" their sdcard content. As all > > developers know, this permission was granted automatically until OS > > 1.5 but not anymore. I hope there will be some "education" now to > > the... "end user" to explain that the new application using the new OS > > are not necessary more..."dangerous" than the previous one. > > > We feel like "penalized" to be one of those trying to support new > > version of the OS.... > > > -- > > 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<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > 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 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
