[android-developers] Re: read phone state and identity?

2010-03-01 Thread skyhigh
I have been contacted by a few users that are concerned that my application uses the read phone state and identity permission. They are asking why I need to read their identity. In my case my application just checks the phone state to automatically pause audio playback when the user gets a phone

Re: [android-developers] Re: read phone state and identity?

2010-02-28 Thread Mark Murphy
newbyca wrote: Thanks Mark, makes sense enough. But any idea why permission to read such IDs is bundled with reading phone state? :: shrug :: At least in the case of the IMSI, it's a value on the SIM card, so perhaps that's why. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com |

[android-developers] Re: read phone state and identity?

2010-02-27 Thread newbyca
Thanks Mark, makes sense enough. But any idea why permission to read such IDs is bundled with reading phone state? On Feb 27, 9:12 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: newbyca wrote: for apps that set the android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE permission ... what is meant by identity