Step #2: Requesting a Permission
Our app will be working directly with the Internet. For that, we need permission from the user.
Requesting permissions from the user starts with a <uses-permission>
element in the manifest, identifying what it is that we want. For some permissions — those deemed to be “dangerous” — we also need to prompt the user at runtime to confirm whether they do indeed want to grant us this permission.
The permission that we need for Internet access — android.permission.INTERNET
— is not a dangerous permission. So, all we need is the <uses-permission>
element.
So, add this element as a child of the root <manifest>
element in AndroidManifest.xml
:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
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