A custom made or scriptable installer could parse the manifest in the bundled apk, show the permissions and ask the user to approve.
Olivier On 10/01/2010 09:26 PM, Disconnect wrote: > Not completely kosher - sideloading with adb bypasses the security > warnings that the user would normally have to approve. (FYI if anyone > stumbles across this in the archives, IIRC there is a captivate > one-click-root app in the market that enables non-market app installs as > well.) > > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Phil Nickinson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Yeah, that's the way AT&T's doing things. But we worked up an easy > way around it. Sideloading via the desktop. Completely Kosher. > > > http://forum.androidcentral.com/android-applications/23940-android-central-sideload-wonder-machine.html > > > > > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Olivier Guilyardi > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am distributing an app outside of the market, directly from my > website. > > A Samsung Captivate user reported that he couldn't install it, > and that he had > no Settings/Applications/Unknown Sources option. > > Then I found that this seems to be AT&T specific: > > http://www.droid-life.com/2010/07/01/att-hates-supporting-the-android-market/ > > Is this correct? Are all AT&T Android devices "market-locked"? > > If yes, how do alternative stores deal with this issue? > > -- > Olivier > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > <mailto:android-discuss%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > <mailto:android-discuss%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
