[CB-7822] Too many / wrong permissions for Device Orientation plugin

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-device-orientation (DEPRECATED)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adam Tuttle
• Created: 20/Oct/14 13:55
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 06:56
• Resolved: 22/Apr/16 22:09

Description

It seems intuitively incorrect that the Device Orientation plugin needs to request the permissions ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION and ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION, yet they are required: https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-device-orientation/blob/master/plugin.xml

I did a little bit of research and haven't found anything conclusive one way or the other. I just know that I need this information to make my app look good, but now my users could think that I'm watching their GPS for no reason.

This was the best information I was able to find on getting orientation, but I don't see any discussion on the necessary permissions. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2795833/check-orientation-on-android-phone

I wish I had a better idea of whether or not this is a bug or a "feature" of the way android permissions are provisioned, but this is the best I can do at the moment. Can someone please look into this?