Why implicit adding permissions

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Installing a simple HelloWorld asks for permission to write to external storage, why? I have not added any request in my manifest? Looking in the logs I see "I/PackageParser(15463): Implicit adding android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE to old pkg". I am compiling for Android 1.6 and installing on an Sony Ericsson X10. How do I avoid the request since my HelloWorld does not need any of those permissions and any user might be scared away due to shady permissions?

How are you doing it? Nothing should be asking for the permission, are you using something other than a textview? — AaronM, Aug 29 '10 at 15:36

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Installing a simple HelloWorld asks for permission to write to external storage, why?

Because either you do not have a <uses-sdk> element in your manifest or its android:minSdkVersion is set to 3 or lower. See this previous SO question for more.

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Thanks, but neither of them helps. I did have minSdkVersion set to 3 but changing it to 4 does not help. (I have verified that I got the new apk after installing). – Jonas Aug 29 '10 at 17:59
Also, this seems to be X10 specific. Installing the same apk-file on the other android device I got, do not require those permissions. – Jonas Aug 29 '10 at 18:01

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