Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Android keyboard: your choice. Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 03:29:05 +0200 Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <20240617114559.a2970ac2923facc44a2ec355@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net uCHtUdP6oBSG4BU9aT6Dlw3UwQIt/ArUWHHZNeWbLUvIv4BKi7 Cancel-Lock: sha1:DKmSkVNMFhiKn07Z1ili3bWvNQc= sha256:QjJNWX3IYhyxw07FoAnuZr4ZeaDhDfxhDBcxyLmBJfQ= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2127 R.Wieser, 2024-06-21 11:14: > Arno, > >> I stand corrrected, yes, you're right. On current android versions, apps >> don't have to ask for that permission, but you still need to add this in >> the app manifest as developer, so people can check wether the app >> uses network connections at all. > > Have you ever considered the possibility that all that has changed is the > popping up of the confirmation dialog for those particular permissions ? > > IOW, if the permission request is NOT in the manifest its NOT given, but if > it is there its given without confirmation. > > Hey, maybe you have knowledge and the tools to create a small testing app, > test it and tell us the results ? There are already many apps out there which can do this, for example: And F-Droid also shows the permission of any app which you can download there - and Heliboard does *not* have internet access: -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de