Well, bear in mind that I was about to install the application just for helping you for free, so I am actually not interested on it enough to read the app description...
Anyway I realized after writing my previous message that N7 has no phone at all, so that permission has no effect neither... so I installed the app and it actually SHOWS the menu soft button at bottom right as expected. May be some users are just "special"... On Sep 20, 2012 12:26 AM, "Keith Wiley" <kbwi...@gmail.com> wrote: > OYE! We're off topic and this is a very common complaint. People butt > heads with me over the permissions all. the. time. It's so frustrating. I > do the best I can to explain these things up front on the Android Market > (or "Google Play" [worst name ever]) but the Google Play interface is not > amenable to disseminating this kind of information efficiently. For > example, I offer an explanation for the various permissions right there on > Google Play in the app description, but people don't read it anyway...and > then they give me a hard time about the permissions even though I explained > before they ever install the app! I can't stand it!!! :-D > <laughing-at-the-absurdity-of-the-situation> > > The app is a spreadsheet. The ability to jump to the phone dialer was a > specific user request (not even my idea) to enable users to tap phone > numbers in spread sheets and jump to the dialer app to easy calling. It's > really quite an intuitive concept when you think about it, I thought it was > a fantastic suggestion from a user interfaced point of view, but you > honestly would not believe how much grief I've gotten over it. > > On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 3:09:30 PM UTC-7, Fran wrote: >> >> Why it needs permission to call phone numbers? I rather like to try it on >> my N7, but no with such permission, indeed. >> On Sep 19, 2012 11:53 PM, "Keith Wiley" <kbw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Shead Spreet Lite. I would also be curious about WildSpectra Mobile >>> Lite. Since they are built in very similar ways (w.r.t. the basic OS >>> framework and model) I expect their menu behavior to be similar such that >>> verifying with either one should inform me about both...I presume. >>> >>> Thanks a bunch! >>> >>> On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 2:47:56 PM UTC-7, Fran wrote: >>>> >>>> What's your app? Is on Google play? >>>> On Sep 19, 2012 11:36 PM, "Keith Wiley" <kbw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well, that's fair. I'm not denying the the current release is a >>>>> little old and targets older SDKs. The app could certainly benefit from >>>>> some sprucing up. However, I wanted to verify whether the app *should* >>>>> essentially work on modern hardware given that some users were emailing me >>>>> saying they didn't know how to access the menus. There's a big difference >>>>> between saying I ought to update my app when I get a chance to keep things >>>>> smooth and modern and saying the app is effectively broken on modern >>>>> hardware and won't work until I release an emergency patch to get it >>>>> going >>>>> again. >>>>> >>>>> I was just trying to get a better picture of the circumstances. I >>>>> *think* this discussion has cleared it up, and I *think* my app should be >>>>> working on modern devices, albeit through an OS sidedoor meant as a >>>>> temporary fix until older apps are updated. I'll have to try to find a >>>>> Nexus to test it on myself to be absolutely certain of the circumstances. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks again. >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 2:27:36 PM UTC-7, Fran wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> What Mark said is that you did things the "standard" way, users >>>>>> without hard menu button will see a soft one. But if you did it another >>>>>> way, it won't be shown. >>>>>> >>>>>> So you should update your app. >>>>>> On Sep 19, 2012 11:08 PM, "Keith Wiley" <kbw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 1:58:42 PM UTC-7, bob wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Many of the latest Android devices have eliminated the hard menu >>>>>>>>> key found on earlier hardware. Consequently, it's now the >>>>>>>>> responsibility of >>>>>>>>> app developers to include soft menu keys in their apps. * >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Um, forgive me, but this response seems fundamentally at odds with >>>>>>> Mark's initial response. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Which response is closer to the correct answer? Is my app >>>>>>> inherently broken on such devices or not? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
