Hi all,
I know this was discussed on this list about a year ago, but as far as I
could tell it ended up with Dianne saying that it may be done, but was
not a priority at the time.
Situation:
I've had a few requests from users of one of my apps that they would
prefer to disable for instance access to the phonebook and GPS (for
paranoia presumably). This would disable some interesting features in my
app, but it would still be useful in simple cases.
As it is now, I'd have to release two versions of the application with
99% of the code identical (could probably make it 100% really with some
effort and just have different manifests). This is suboptimal. Having
certian permissions listed as optional in the manifest and then checking
for them during execution would be a lot better.
My opinion is:
Most users don't seem to be particularly bothered so having the current
intall dialog as a default would be fine, but then add a button for
detailed tuning, where permissions that are flagged as optional can be
toggled. (Toggling these for an already installed app is a separate
question.)
Other opinions?
Best / Jonas
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