I know google apps are allowed to access your gmail address. Some
thirdparty apps also ask for this permission but it is a private API
is it not?
I'm not talking about the new accounts section in 2.0 by the way.

On Apr 27, 5:12 pm, Jim Ancona <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Apr 27, 4:44 pm, GodsMoon <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > ummm
> > I just read this 
> > article:http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/googles-andy-rubin-on-everyt...
>
> > Andy Rubin says, "A lot of guys have private APIs. We don’t." And
> > "There are no secret APIs".
>
> > Maybe he has a different version of Android than I do because I know
> > of several hidden/private/unpublished API's.
> > Anybody tried to power the screen off lately?!? It's a private API.
>
> > What am I suppose to make of this?
>
> Of course there are private APIs used by the platform, but not
> intended for applications. I assumed he was saying that there are no
> private APIs that are forbidden for third-party developers, but
> allowed for Google applications.
>
> Do you know of a Google-supplied app that uses that API? If so, that
> would contradict him.
>
> Jim
>
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