On Jan 25, 10:56 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > Things can certainly be improved. If you have concrete ideas, I would be > happy to hear them.
Here's one closely-related feature request that interested devs might like to star: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=5392 It's a request to add a Description field to the permission, allowing devs to explain what their app is doing with a given permission (ie, why it's needed). Another idea which has been discussed before (but which I don't see on b.android.com) is the notion of "optional permission". Basically, if your app can function without a given permission, but its functionality will be enhanced if that permission was granted, make it optional and let the user decide if they want to grant it. A good example is WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE; I have a couple of apps which will write temporary files to SD (to conserve phone memory), but will use internal storage if the SD card is unavailable. So WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE could be optional for me, and if the user chose to keep me out of their SD - at the expense of some internal RAM - that's their decision. String -- 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
