WRITE_APN_SETTINGS permission on ICS

[bio]

Hi, I have a problem with an application using WRITE_APN_SETTINGS
permission on ICS. I'm getting security exception that I don't have
this permission in manifest, but of course it's there. I cannot find
any official or some kind informative statement about this problem.
There are only few sites with information that API has changed and
this permission is not allowed for 3rd party apps any more...

But I can't find such a information on Android Developers site or on
Manifest permissions reference site. Anyway there are lot of
applications which are absolutely useless without this permission.

So is it real that this permission will be forbidden in ICS? Do
anybody knows something more about this? :)

Thanks.

[Olivier Rosello]

Same problem here, I would like to get a response or better, a
solution...

[WiRe]

Some ICS users repported to me that my application is not working
(timeout3g) and finaly I detected the same permission problem with
the emulator :(

[Christopher Tate]

This is correct: the WRITE_APN_SETTINGS permission is no longer granted to third-party applications.  Apologies for this not being documented in the Android 4.0 release notes.

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christopher tate

android framework engineer

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[WiRe]

:(

How should we now do to disable/enable mobile data network?

[bio]

Thanks for reply although not very pleasing :)

There is no way to disable/enable mobile data or change APNs now? That
can be an issue for quite a lot of users and developers. :(

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[Craig Whitmore]

On 30/12/11 5:12 AM, "bio" <kace...@zoznam.sk> wrote:

>Thanks for reply although not very pleasing :)
>
>There is no way to disable/enable mobile data or change APNs now? That
>can be an issue for quite a lot of users and developers. :(
>
>On 23. Dec., 01:16 h., Christopher Tate <ct...@google.com> wrote:
>> This is correct: the WRITE_APN_SETTINGS permission is no longer granted
>>to
>> third-party applications. Apologies for this not being documented in
>>the
>> Android 4.0 release notes.
>>
>> --
>> christopher tate
>> android framework engineer

So if a third part application cannot set APN Settings.. What is the
official way to "in an automated way" get APN Settings to the Android
Phone running 4.0?

Thanks

[tconn222]

Is Android 4.0 only for phones or can I update my tablet Also?




Sent from Samsung tablet

bio <kace...@zoznam.sk> wrote:
Thanks for reply although not very pleasing :)

There is no way to disable/enable mobile data or change APNs now? That
can be an issue for quite a lot of users and developers. :(

On 23. Dec., 01:16 h., Christopher Tate <ct...@google.com> wrote:
> This is correct: the WRITE_APN_SETTINGS permission is no longer granted to
> third-party applications.  Apologies for this not being documented in the
> Android 4.0 release notes.
>
> --
> christopher tate
> android framework engineer
>
>
>

[Manuel R. Ciosici]

Hello Christopher,

Can you please tell me why the permission is no longer granted to
third-party developers considering that there is no way to
automatically provision most Android devices with connectivity
settings? (OTA SMS settings are only supported on some devices)

Manuel

[Kelvin Durrheim]

I also have a problem with this new restriction. 

Isn't the whole idea of being able to define multiple APNs, so that various applications can use the connections they need? 

We use an internet APN and a private corporate APN. These can be setup on the phone by the user manually. The issue is: Our corporate apps/widgets can't now choose to use the correct connection. 

Any company that uses Android and a private APN are going to have this problem. You can't expect users to go into settings to change the default connection every time they need to look at corporate apps/widgets.

Please provide a solution.