What's New
Thank you for being one of the first Sidewalk users. We made a bunch of improvements in this release based on your feedback:
☆ Fixes for those pesky crashes you may have been experiencing
☆ Improved performance
☆ Better camera compatibility for Galaxy S series & others
☆ Improved session management
☆ Other small improvements and bug fixes
The application has access to the following:
Your accounts
discover known accounts
Allows an application to get the list of accounts known by the phone.
manage the accounts list
Allows an application to perform operations like adding, and removing accounts and deleting their password.
act as an account authenticator
Allows an application to use the account authenticator capabilities of the AccountManager, including creating accounts and getting and setting their passwords.
use the authentication credentials of an account
Allows an application to request authentication tokens.
Network communication
full Internet access
Allows an application to create network sockets.
view network state
Allows an application to view the state of all networks.
Storage
modify/delete SD card contents
Allows an application to write to the SD card.
Your location
fine (GPS) location
Access fine location sources such as the Global Positioning System on the phone, where available. Malicious applications can use this to determine where you are, and may consume additional battery power.
Phone calls
read phone state and identity
Allows the application to access the phone features of the device. An application with this permission can determine the phone number and serial number of this phone, whether a call is active, the number that call is connected to, ect.
System tools
read system log files
Allows an application to read from the systemʼs various log files. This allows it to discover general information about what you are doing with the phone, but should not contain any personal or private information.
read sync settings
Allows an application to read the sync settings, such as whether sync is enabled for contacts.
write sync settings
Allows an application to modify the sync settings, such as whether sync is enabled for contacts.
prevent phone from sleeping
Allows an application to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
send sticky broadcast
Allows an application to send sticky broadcasts, which remain after the broadcast ends. Malicious applications can make the phone slow or unstable by causing it to use too much memory.
Hardware controls
control vibrator
Allows the application to control the vibrator.
Other
com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
com.sidewalkapp.android.permission.C2D_MESSAGE
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
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