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Re:Dear Facebook: Please learn how to design Android apps th... by nikolak on Friday January 25, 2013 @07:00AM (#5115031)
But is it possible to allow app to take pictures (when you want), import contacts (if you want), sync contacts (again, optional) etc without those permissions?

I'm not an android developer, so someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but usually those permissions sound like you're giving up all your data but in reality it's just used to do something simple as to prevent vibration/ringing/notifications while you're talking on the phone.

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Re:Dear Facebook: Please learn how to design Android apps th... by nroman on Friday January 25, 2013 @02:08PM (#5117074)
It is not possible. This is a serious flaw in Android's permissions model IMO. Everything must be asked for up-front in the app's manifest. You cannot ask for more permissions at run time.

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissio...

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