Re:Android M Developer Preview and Tools
by christop on Thursday May 28, 2015 @06:35PM
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"When the user installs or updates the app, the system grants the app all permissions that the app requests that fall under PROTECTION_NORMAL. For example, alarm clock and internet permissions fall under PROTECTION_NORMAL, so they are automatically granted at install time."
Based on the Android 5.1 source, there are a lot of permissions in the "normal" group, which will apparently now be accepted automatically at install time:
Based on the Android 5.1 source, there are a lot of permissions in the "normal" group, which will apparently now be accepted automatically at install time:
Though note that the INTERNET permission is currently in the "dangerous" permission group, so I guess some changes have been made for Android M.