Good news, everyone! [1] I just pushed a pile of patches to fx-team that set targetSdkVersion=23 and add basic support for runtime permissions[2] (bug 1212830 [3]). (Please don't get backed out..)
It's likely that I broke things. Help testing this is highly appreciated! Browsing itself doesn't need any of the permissions, so most users shouldn't even notice a difference. Additionally users updating the app from a version with install-time permissions will keep all permissions and do not need to grant any permissions again. So if you want to see this in action you either need to re-install the app or manually withdraw the permissions in Android's settings. Please file bugs blocking meta bug 1212830 [3]. As I said support for runtime permissions is very basic. This means I didn't add any additional strings or UI elements. I filed meta bug 1239284 [4] to track ideas how this can be improved. There aren't any bugs linked to this bug yet, but I'm going to file some now. Fennec developers: If your code requires a dangerous permission (Currently that's Storage, Location, Camera or Microphone in Fennec) then you have to take care of checking or requesting the permission. I wrote some helpers for that. For now have look at Permissions.java and my patches: https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/fx-team/pushloghtml?changeset=6650b8b32897 Add-on developers: Add-ons that might touch code that requires certain permissions might need to do a permission check themselves (RuntimePermissions.jsm). I didn't test add-ons thoroughly and the JavaScript module only covers use cases we have in Fennec itself. (This might need a more broader notification of developers. mozilla.dev.extensions?) Best, Sebastian [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WZJGTGLuOk [2] http://developer.android.com/training/permissions/requesting.html [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1212830 [4] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1239284
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