-1 j2me on various platforms has something like this sort of behaviour when apps are not signed with costly certificates, sometimes endlessly asking for permission to use the camera, use the network, read and write to the file system etc etc. It's pain for users to manage and configure and significant overhead (cost and more coding) for developers. I think optional permissions would diminish the overall experience. If you change your mind about some granted permission just uninstall the app, you can always reinstall it again later. With Android, as a developer, you generally only request a use permission if it is actually required and used by the app. A a user you can always challenge the developer about the use of any permission and perhaps request alternate versions of the app or use someone else equivalent app which does not require the permissions you aren't keen on granting
Regards On Sep 17, 1:51 pm, CB <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that it would be a great feature for android to include the > ability for a user to disable/enable various optional app > permissions. For example, if my app uses coarse location, but it is > only used in an optional manner (extra feature), the user could > disable it. > > Obviously the app would have to check if the permission had been > disabled, and the app should be able to specify which permissions it > requests are optional (and can be disabled) and those that are > required to function. > > These permissions hopefully could be disabled at install, or anytime > (under the settings?)... > > Just an idea... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
