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Seems like Android Studio should do exactly that kind of static analysis and warn you if your manifest specifies too many or too few permissions. There have bee
by BHSPitMonkey 10y ago
Seems like Android Studio should do exactly that kind of static analysis and warn you if your manifest specifies too many or too few permissions. There have been a few cases of companies releasing apps with catch-all permission requests like you recommend, and then facing a minor PR crisis as reports of the app's suspiciousness go viral.
This should be less relevant for apps using post-marshmallow-style permissions which don't need to be granted on install.
- barrkel 10y agoStatic analysis will require too many permissions because of limitations on the tractability of the analysis (the Halting problem). Instrumenting is more reliable for a minimal set but isn't necessarily complete.
- ungzd 10y agoAnother reason to add Effect system to future versions of Java.
- BoorishBears 10y agoIt does warn you for some permissions.
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]