Android Question Reading Phone State causes user to be told app will make and manage phone calls

[Turbo3]

I am updating my app to support Runtime Permissions.

I am starting with a simple test app to see how this works with the Licence check code that needs android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE which is considered "dangerous".

When I ran the app I was shocked to see the popup message the user is given. It says:

Allow APP_NAME to make and manage phone calls?

The user is then given the options of DENY or ALLOW.

On seeing this type of message even I would select DENY.

Is there a way to get a message to be displayed that is closer to the type of permission that is actually being requested which is only to get the phone state not to make any calls.

 

[Erel]

You don't need to use PhoneId for the license check code. Use a generated id instead.

You cannot change the permissions description.

 

[Turbo3]

Switched to a different way to get an id unique to the phone which solves that problem.

I also use PhoneEvents, Phone, PhoneWakeState which I had assumes (incorrectly) also needed the READ_PHONE_STATE but on closer examination of the permissions on the "List Permissions" popup I see that is not the case.

Basically I need to make sure I don't use any phone functions that require READ_PHONE_STATE and I can avoid that "fatal" permission request.

Permissions I need to request at app install are just STORAGE and LOCATION which will make sense to my users based on the function of the app.