A device running Ice Cream Sandwich found its way into the office last week, and I took the opportunity to test an app that I'd made on the new device, for no other reason than that I could. This turned into an extended debugging session after the app refused to start. This was completely unexpected behaviour, as the ICS emulator had run the app with no issue.
The error I was seeing was:
[2012-01-20 16:45:03 - EverlastingBrowserTest] Starting activity com.techrepublic.everlastingbrowser.Splash on device C1OKAS034590
[2012-01-20 16:45:04 - EverlastingBrowserTest] ActivityManager: Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] cmp=com.techrepublic.everlastingbrowser/.Splash }
[2012-01-20 16:45:04 - EverlastingBrowserTest] ActivityManager: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: starting Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] flg=0x10000000
After much angst, it turned out that I had a stray permission entry on my application in the Manifest file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest .... >
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<application
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name" android:permission="android.permission.INTERNET">
...
</application>
</manifest>
The fix was to remove the offending android:permission="android.permission.INTERNET" property.
I did not encounter this issue when deploying the application to Gingerbread devices, so presumably ICS is wee bit stricter on its permission duplication -- and that's not a bad thing at all.
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Some would say that it is a long way from software engineering to journalism, others would correctly argue that it is a mere 10 metres according to the floor plan.During his first five years with CBS Interactive, Chris started his journalistic advent...
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Some would say that it is a long way from software engineering to journalism, others would correctly argue that it is a mere 10 metres according to the floor plan.During his first five years with CBS Interactive, Chris started his journalistic adventure in 2006 as the Editor of Builder AU after originally joining the company as a programmer.Leaving CBS Interactive in 2010 to follow his deep desire to study the snowdrifts and culinary delights of Canada, Chris based himself in Vancouver and paid for his new snowboarding and poutine cravings as a programmer for a lifestyle gaming startup.Chris returns to CBS in 2011 as the Editor of TechRepublic Australia determined to meld together his programming and journalistic tendencies once and for all.In his free time, Chris is often seen yelling at different operating systems for their own unique failures, avoiding the dreaded tech support calls from relatives, and conducting extensive studies of internets -- he claims he once read an entire one.
