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From: Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
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Subject: Re: Android keyboard: your choice.
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:08:46 +0200
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Andy Burns, 2024-06-20 13:27:

> On 20/06/2024 10:14, Arno Welzel wrote:
[...]
>> An app has to ask for the permission android.permission.INTERNET and
>> android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE before it can connect to and
>> server on the network.
> 
> I don't remember being asked to grant internet access since about 
> Froyo/Gingerbread era
> 
> "Both the INTERNET and ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permissions are normal 
> permissions, which means they're granted at install time and don't need 
> to be requested at runtime."
> 
> <https://developer.android.com/develop/connectivity/network-ops/connecting>

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.

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Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de