This being a developer list, I think you're going to get a skewed
perspective; but if I don't know the app developer (i.e., needs to be
Google or at least Dropbox or someone I KNOW), there's no way I'd give
away my Gmail credentials. If there's an OAUTH-style API for Gmail, I'd
CONSIDER giving it permission...but probably wouldn't.
The right answer on Android (most of the time) is just to use a SEND
Intent. Google it. Android will ask the user to select an email program,
and let the user hit "send" on the email.
Tim
On 1/3/2013 10:10 PM, Kevin Duffey wrote:
Hi all,
I am wondering what the general census is on apps that, after
installed, upon initial startup (or in a prefs, config, etc) ask a
user for permission to use their credentials to post to facebook,
twitter, flicr, S3, dropbox, and even to use their gmail account to
directly email on their behalf?
I am playing around with a simple app idea that would like to send out
emails on the user's behalf, but I can't afford a central email
service, so my thought was, if the user grants me access, I can use
their credentials to send email through gmail api on their behalf.
Thus..my question is.. does this scare end users? If my description on
the market indicates that after initial installation, the app, in
order to best perform what it does to save the user time, requires
their permission to send out emails on their behalf, post to facebook,
etc (the app would allow the user to choose when to post to facebook,
send emails, etc),will require them to authorize my app to act on
their behalf.. is this something that most end users understand and
are OK with? This is similar to an app like yahoo allowing a user to
log in with facebook info.. they user has to accept the permission
pop-up from facebook allowing yahoo (or other sites) to use their
facebook info.
Thanks
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