Hopefully in Android Market there'll be a way to, maybe through analytics, to see if the user didn't accept the app because of fear of the permissions. That's the only way to see and know for sure, through some kind of analytics.
- Juan T. On Oct 15, 9:38 pm, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jtaylor wrote: > > It's intuitive for there to be a permission placed on this info. > > It's definitely intuitive for there to be a permission on the IMEI. I am > not quibbling that point at all. > > The problem is I'm porting something originally done on the iPhone, > which has a UUID or something for each device independent of the IMEI > (as I understand it) and definitely not requiring some special > permission. Hence, the customer has...expectations. > > > So just do the > > > Overkill, putting a permission in there shouldn't be a problem. > > I sure hope it's not a problem. That permission, unfortunately, also > covers things like read access to the device's phone number. And, until > I get my paws on a G1, I don't even really know what the user is going > to see when the permission request is presented, unless there's a way to > test that in the emulator that I'm not aware of. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > > Android Training on the Ranch! -- Mar 16-20, > 2009http://www.bignerdranch.com/schedule.shtml --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
