XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: horace@horacealgiers.com   
      
   On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 10:02:48 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:   
      
   > That's changing.   
   >    
   >   "In Android 6.0 Marshmallow, application will not be granted any   
   >   permission at installation time. Instead, application has to   
   >   ask user for a permission one-by-one at runtime."   
      
   That will be a welcome sight when the apps have to ask *us* for "runtime   
   permission" *when* they want them, and that we can say "no" for spurious   
   permissions.   
      
      "In Android 6.0 Marshmallow, an application will not be granted any   
   permission at installation time. Instead, an application has to ask user   
   for a permission one-by-one at runtime."   
      
   Apparently, the developer has to *force* the dialog box to ask the user,   
   otherwise, the app will just *not* get the requested information, and may   
   crash (depending on how the app handles errors).   
      
   Apparently, from reading Jeff's recommended article, developers have two   
   choices, depending on whether they "set" their targetSdkVersion to 23 and   
   above, or 22 and lower.   
      
   If targetSdkVersion = 22 and lower, then the app will request permissions   
   at install time; if targetSdkVersion = 23 and above, the app will get no   
   permission at install time, and, instead, it has to ask for permissions at   
   run time.   
      
   I suspect most developers will set it to target 22; but I would be   
   pleasantly surprised if they set it to target 23!   
      
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