GrapheneOS on Nostr: Android regularly adds and splits permissions for new API levels. Legacy apps are ...
Android regularly adds and splits permissions for new API levels. Legacy apps are handled by treating them as requesting the permission to provide a toggle for it. For example, Android 13 converted the existing toggle for disabling notifications for an app into a new POST_NOTIFICATIONS permission.
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2025-07-03 16:10:09 GMTEvent JSON
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