Re: [android-developers] !

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 3:33 PM, EmbSysPro <charles@embsyspro.com> wrote:
> I've been assigned the task of maintaining some preexisting code and
> while examining the manifest file I came across the following items,
>
> !<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.STATUS_BAR" />
> !<uses-permission
> android:name="android.permission.MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS" />
>
> My problem is that I can't find an explanation for the use of the
> exclamation point.  My guess is that it is an undocumented method of
> permission suppression.  But I need to be sure.
>
> Does anyone know what it is used for?

It's certainly not part of the Android SDK. AFAIK, that exclamation
point will be ignored.

Note that the STATUS_BAR permission is unavailable to standard SDK applications.

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