[android-developers] Maps API v2 and WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission

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 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 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

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