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Did you ask permission to access all the user's contacts, or open a contact picker to let them pick a single contact?

lathiat 4y ago
This is a mistake I see on iOS a lot. You can use a 'system picker' for some things without a permission - photos is the most common one - many apps request full photo library access which I never want to grant when they could just use the system photo picker instead. In a similar way you could (in iOS) for this same feature just popup the share sheet to send a message. Though I am not familiar with the Android analog.
- williamscales 4y ago
  You could definitely use the share modal on Android. Clicking to invite would pop it up, let you choose which app to use, and then which contact.
  - fomine3 4y ago
    But it's not good UI for sharing app. It should have Contact Picker API like photo.
  - franga2000 4y ago
    True, but the share modal is terribly broken. It changes every version, the order of icons is different every time you open it, sometimes icons and app names are mixed up...
- mynameisvlad 4y ago
  I believe in recent OS versions, whenever an app requests full library access, the OS asks you if you want to grant it, deny it, or grant a subset of photos which it fakes as the "full library" to the app.
  - woojoo666 4y ago
    I believe Android does this too, letting users pick a specific directory they want the app to have access to
    - franga2000 4y ago
      Now, Android does this and only this, which is insane. It won't let you grant access to the main storage, Downloads or any other standard folder even if you explicitly navigate to it and select it.
      - woojoo666 4y ago
        Afaik access to main storage can only be granted if the app declares the "all files" permission. I'm not sure what's the deal with the downloads folder though
savy91 4y ago
Contact picker, but also that requires the READ_CONTACTS permissions.[1] [1] https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/118400813?pli=1 https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/118400813?pli=1

This is a mistake I see on iOS a lot. You can use a 'system picker' for some things without a permission - photos is the most common one - many apps request full photo library access which I never want to grant when they could just use the system photo picker instead. In a similar way you could (in iOS) for this same feature just popup the share sheet to send a message. Though I am not familiar with the Android analog.

williamscales 4y ago
You could definitely use the share modal on Android. Clicking to invite would pop it up, let you choose which app to use, and then which contact.
- fomine3 4y ago
  But it's not good UI for sharing app. It should have Contact Picker API like photo.
- franga2000 4y ago
  True, but the share modal is terribly broken. It changes every version, the order of icons is different every time you open it, sometimes icons and app names are mixed up...
mynameisvlad 4y ago
I believe in recent OS versions, whenever an app requests full library access, the OS asks you if you want to grant it, deny it, or grant a subset of photos which it fakes as the "full library" to the app.
- woojoo666 4y ago
  I believe Android does this too, letting users pick a specific directory they want the app to have access to
  - franga2000 4y ago
    Now, Android does this and only this, which is insane. It won't let you grant access to the main storage, Downloads or any other standard folder even if you explicitly navigate to it and select it.
    - woojoo666 4y ago
      Afaik access to main storage can only be granted if the app declares the "all files" permission. I'm not sure what's the deal with the downloads folder though

savy91 4y ago

Contact picker, but also that requires the READ_CONTACTS permissions.[1] [1] https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/118400813?pli=1 https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/118400813?pli=1