[sadohert]

So, I'm writing an application that uses the phone API. When a user uses my app for the first time, I'd like to deal with the inevitable request to allow my app to use the phone API (the first time a dialog comes up asking teh user if it's okay for my app to use the phone API). I saw an app handle this by basically including text on the splash screen that says something like "The following dialog is requesting access to <insert API name>. Click to allow for this app to function properly".

So, I guess the code actually tries to invoke the API, which pops up the dialog, which prompts the user to allow, which sets things up all nicely for future use.

So, does anyone have any pointers on the best way to handle this situation? Are there any demo apps that do this type of thing?

Thanks in advance.

Stu

[bdowling]

I'm not sure I quite understand your question. If your app tries to access controlled API then the phone automatically displays this dialog. The only thing you need to do in your code is catch a ControlledAccessException, which is thrown if the user denies you access.

[sadohert]

Hi, thanks for replying. You sort of answered my question partially by mentioning the exception I need to catch if they don't allow my app access. I guess the rest I was looking for is more along the lines of best practices/conventions for this type of thing. I don't have data on my BB, and as a result haven't seen enough apps to get a feel for how other developers gracefully get users to authorize the use of controlled APIs (in a sort of user interface design sense). Don't need any code or anything... just tips/suggestions if you have them.

Thanks.