Comment Comment by StavrosK > It's not all that effectiveI find it perfectly effective: If you deny an app a permission, it doesn't get any information for that permission.> some apps (like the Hue app) just crash if you deny them anythingThat sounds like the app is badly implemented, really.> Why didn't Android add the option to provide blank data to apps?Because it's a completely new API and it shouldn't have to, apps should check the return code to see if the permission was denied or not.Are you talking about denying permissions to apps that don't support the new-style permissions natively, perhaps? parent StavrosK 10 years ago
I find it perfectly effective: If you deny an app a permission, it doesn't get any information for that permission.
> some apps (like the Hue app) just crash if you deny them anything
That sounds like the app is badly implemented, really.
> Why didn't Android add the option to provide blank data to apps?
Because it's a completely new API and it shouldn't have to, apps should check the return code to see if the permission was denied or not.
Are you talking about denying permissions to apps that don't support the new-style permissions natively, perhaps?