Al, thank you for the clarification. It is not difficult to determine the permissions and other characteristics of an apk package. $ aapt dump permissions <package> prints permissions and I would find it very helpful to the buyer (and seller to assure buyers) if this information is used by the "conduit" web service before an app is downloaded, let alone paid for and executed. JP
On Oct 17, 8:12 am, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think Joachim is referring to letting the user know the permissions > before they try to download it, so a user can see if a dialler app wants > to access the internet, their personal data, and their mums handbag > before choosing to pull it down :). > > Al. > > > > > > Shane Isbell wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 6:34 AM, JP <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > I am warming up to the idea of third party distribution. Do you have a > > capability to pop the hood on an .apk and read the permissions to > > present them to the potential buyer? > > > This is all handled by the Android platform; so yes, when the user > > clicks to install the app from sam, the permissions will pop up prior > > to install. > > > Shane > > -- > Al Sutton > > W:www.alsutton.com > B: alsutton.wordpress.com > T: twitter.com/alsutton- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
