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AppGameKit Classic Chat / removing WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission

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Posted: 27th Nov 2015 22:51
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I want to remove WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission from my manifest.xml because i dont need it and some users are not ok with this permission, and they are right. However it causes crashes if I simply remove it.
What should I do ?
Why does agk need to write that button stuff on external storage instead of internal ?
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Posted: 29th Nov 2015 18:50
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If you're using V2 and tier 1 then you can turn off the permissions when you build the apk, see attached image.

Quote: "Why does agk need to write that button stuff on external storage instead of internal ?"

I think this is a hang up from android 2.3.1.
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Posted: 29th Nov 2015 19:10 Edited at: 29th Nov 2015 19:13
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Thank you.
I'm using v2 tier 2. I wonder if that checkbox does anything else than change the line on the manifest.xml.



I think removing it prevents the app from creating an AppGameKit folder in the sdcard containing the default virtual buttons and the write directory. maybe the checkbox sets agk to write that stuff to internal memory instead, but how do I do that in tier 2?

[edit] I do compile with minSdkVersion = 10 (2.3.3).
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