On 1 Oct 2013, at 12:16, Mike Abdullah <mabdul...@karelia.com> wrote:
> > On 1 Oct 2013, at 12:02, Dave <d...@looktowindward.com> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> This had reared it's ugly head again! I have been asked to add an event to >> the Calendar WITHOUT asking the user for permission as the Standard Manner. >> I basically said it couldn't be done based on feedback from here. However, >> I've was today shown this (See link below) and asked "if they can do it, why >> can't you?". >> >> http://m.gunwharf-quays.com/whats-on/policing-through-ages >> >> If you open the above link on an iPhone and then click the Add to Calendar >> button, you will that it appears to add an event to the calendar WITHOUT >> asking the user for permission! How does it manage to do it? I thought that >> the OS would intercept any Calendar access calls and show the Alert Box and >> ask the user for permission to access the Calendar, but this doesn't seem to >> be the case here. Is this because it's being run in Safari? Can I get the >> same behaviour from an iOS Native App? > > I believe the important part here is that the user *has* to explicitly say > they want to add the event. Yes, but that's only the way that web site works, it could add it without any user interaction. Also, in my native app I'd put up something similar, so what's the difference? You can let a web site do it, but a native app? Seems to me that there is way more scope for badness in a web app than in a App that has been downloaded from the App Store, apart from anything else, you can erase the app if you want to! > Doing this without an extra confirmation step may be a privilege granted only > to Safari since it can guarantee there's no code running which can attempt to > fake a click on the button. All the Best Dave _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
