Re: [android-developers] Is it possible to obtain credentials to send emails via gmail on behalf of a user?

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Kevin Duffey <andjarnic@gmail.com> wrote:
> ... It strikes me
> funny that the ability to access the account manager is a manifest
> permission, but then you need to bother the user at runtime for yet another
> permission. Why not just make it part of the app installation permissions
> from the start..

Because there are an infinite number of tokens possible and permissions are
granted per-token. You can grant an app access to your Google Reader feed,
but not to your GMail inbox, etc.

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