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Casey
Casey

Reputation: 1

Android Wear: Do the wearable and handheld module permissions have to match exactly?

I am creating an app that uses the INTERNET and ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permissions on a handheld device which does all of the heavy lifting of the application. The handheld device then sends off data to a wearable device that doesn't really do much else besides receive the data and display it. According to the Android Documentation for Packaging Wearables, they say:

Include all the permissions declared in the manifest file of the wearable app module in the manifest file of the handheld app module.

If I understand this correctly, since the wearable itself doesn't use any Android features that require permissions, I do not have to include anything else in the handheld AndroidManifest.xml file. However, I've come across others saying that the AndroidManifest.xml files of both modules must match exactly in their permissions, or you could encounter packaging errors. Although this isn't the case for me, I was wondering if someone could clear up this up.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 110

Answers (1)

Ali Naddaf
Ali Naddaf

Reputation: 19084

The permissions on the handheld should be a superset of the ones on the wear; in other words, any permission required on the wear side needs to be present on the handheld but not the other way around.

Upvotes: 1

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