hackbod wrote: > On Oct 22, 12:02 pm, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In the case of the emergency services dialling, this shouldn't be an >> outright block on apps dialling the number, the OS should limit the >> behaviour (e.g. The OS pops up a system dialogue asking the user for >> confirmation if the emergency service number is dialled). >> > > You can absolutely do this. Just launch the dialer with the desired > number, to let the user confirm the call. > > So what exactly is the restriction you mentioned on applications dialing emergency services numbers? What I'm talking about is everything handled within the UI of a third party dialler, is that possible?
>> Users love customisation. There are companies that survive purely on >> selling ring tones and wallpapers to phone users. And most phone users >> don't want to get involved in technical issues, so they aren't going to >> install a James Bond dialler and say "OK, if I need emergency services >> I'll switch my dialler app", they're just going to say "The built in >> dialler lets me dial 911, this dialler must be shoddy if it doesn't". >> Similarly they aren't going to go "The SlideME app is doing the best it >> can with it's limited UI flow", they're going to say "Market place is >> far slicker than SlideME, so I'm going to stick with that?" >> > > The ONLY difference between the two is the SlideME needs to download > the app first... so it can go through the OS's install confirmation > dialog (which needs to have the .apk already downloaded to verify with > the user what is being installed)... which seems to be exactly what > you are advocating. So what is the big deal? > Didn't you say earlier that Marketplace has a different permission UI?, so isn't Marketplace able to alter it's UI based on user feedback whereas SlideME is study with whatever the system provides? If you want another example; the kill list. How could SlideME offer a similar level of protection from harmful apps without the ability to uninstall apps without user intervention. Al. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
