Android Question android.permission.INTERNET - how to remove

[b4auser1]

I found in the AndroidManifest.xml file <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>, though my application doesn't use the Internet connection and doesn't require this permission.

The text in the Manifest editor is

AddManifestText(
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" android:targetSdkVersion="14"/>
<supports-screens android:largeScreens="true"
    android:normalScreens="true"
    android:smallScreens="true"
    android:anyDensity="true"/>)
SetApplicationAttribute(android:icon, "@drawable/icon")
SetApplicationAttribute(android:label, "$LABEL$")

How to remove android.permission.INTERNET ?

 

[NJDude]

You can use RemovePermission in your manifest, the syntax is the same as AddPermission.

 

[eps]

Is your Manifest File being created by B4A each time the code is generated?

If it isn't then simply edit the Manifest File, but if it is, which it probably is...

You need to work out why this has been automatically added, it will be either because of a statement you use which requires INTERNET access or a Library.. but only really if you use a Statement from within the Library..

 

[NJDude]

There's no need to do any of that, just remove the permission using the manifest editor and that's it.

Editing the manifest manually is of no help since is recreated every time the app is compiled, and it's also a bad idea.

 

[eps]

There's no need to do any of that, just remove the permission using the manifest editor and that's it.

Editing the manifest manually is of no help since is recreated every time the app is compiled, and it's also a bad idea.

I agree that editing it manually is a bad idea, but it might be that the Developer has ticked the 'Do not overwrite' manifest file tickbox in the SDK..

 

[NJDude]

I agree that editing it manually is a bad idea, but it might be that the Developer has ticked the 'Do not overwrite' manifest file tickbox in the SDK..

You mean the IDE

 

[eps]

Whichever!

 

[b4auser1]

I found the solution in another thread on this forum: Required Permissions
'End of default text.
AddReplacement(<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>,)

 

[NJDude]

Actually, the solution was posted above on my first reply, no need to use "replacement".

RemovePermission(android.permission.INTERNET)

 

[Erel]

NJDude is of course correct. The AddReplacement solution was proposed when RemovePermission was not available. There is no reason to use it now.