I am also thinking about moving my optional GPS functionality out of the main app. It will also solve the user questions I get about why the app "needs" the GPS permission. And now with this rating system I am not sure if it is worth it when you use Location as a helpful optional bonus feature. By the way, the Market console now also shows the filters for your APK. And I learned that I forgot to add
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.location" android:required="false" /> to my APK. Now the Market may filter it for devices that have no location based capabilities. I think location is a special case permission and Apple handles it much better. An app will only ask you for permission when it actually needs your location. And parents can easily turn it off in the parental controls provided by the OS. On Nov 25, 3:20 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 9:15 AM, String <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree, that's what the rationale probably is. But it bugs me just a > > bit to equate an app using geolocation with "giving their location > > out". I've got a couple of apps with educational value that I now > > can't offer to kids because the app has an option to use your > > location. It doesn't give it out to anybody, it just uses it > > internally. > > If it an option, not mandatory, you could go the route of a plug-in > APK that handles the location stuff. Gets the location permissions out > of your main app, too, which may have some benefits. > > Of course, there is more headache involved with two APKs, particularly > since I'm dubious about having the plug-in APK on the Market (seems to > cause too much confusion amongst users, getting the plug-in and > wondering why it does not work without the main app). > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books -- 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.
