On Oct 22, 12:46 am, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wooooaaahhhhhh...... Since when has installing apps without user > intervention been a good thing?, and if it is a good thing why is it > reserved for Googles apps?
It's not a good thing. It's just that the Android Market client that is shipped with the phone makes sure to take care of this before the app is downloaded. > I'm sure most app developers would LOVE to be able to install updates > without having to force the user through the same permission set > agreements each time the user gets a new version. No, you wouldn't, and Market doesn't do that either. That would be bad, because the user may not be aware of the previous permissions, and the app may use new permissions. And this one good reason why, at least for now, not allowing third party apps to directly install without going through the system UI is a good thing, because this is a -huge- opportunity for security problems that mis-designed or buggy applications can open up. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
