Personally I would not recommend leaving out the permission and hoping that things work now and in the future.
If there is functionality that your client requires from the Maps V2 API then I would recommend to them that they suck it up and include the permission - or at least that they take the risk of future failure if it is left out instead of leaving it with you. If the maps is not a key feature of the app then perhaps you could investigate using a non Google Maps library (they are out there). If you are thinking about continuing with Maps v1 during the deprecation period then I would recommend reading and thinking about Marks blog entry on API Keys: http://commonsware.com/blog/ On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 3:58:19 AM UTC-5, Jamie wrote: > > The official documentation for MAPS API v2 states the following: > > Besides permissions required by other parts of your application, you must > add the following permissions in order to use the Google Maps Android API: > > - > android.permission.INTERNET<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#INTERNET> > Used > by the API to download map tiles from Google Maps servers. > - com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES Allows > the API to access Google web-based services. > - > android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE> > Allows > the API to cache map tile data in the device's external storage area. > > My client has requested that we do not use the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE > permission. So my question is, is it really true that this permission is > mandatory when using the Maps V2 API and will bad things happen if I don't > include it? Since the mapping functionality is not a key feature of the > application I am more than happy to take any hit with regards to lake of > map cacheing. > > Many thanks, > > Jamie > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
