Security exception while calling bindAppWidgetId

Question

While developing a Launcher (Homescreen) application for Android, I\'ve come into a security exception I don\'t understand.

• When calling the [bindAppWidgetId()

Answer 1

I've found an answer!

BindAppWidgetId() is deliberately not available to applications! (security problems).

"The android.permission.BIND_APPWIDGET permission is a system permission. You can only get that permission if your package is installed as a system package (installed in /system/app in stead of /data/app) or sign you app with a certificate that's the same as your android image. So basicly this means you can only use this permission if you are also the creator of the android image on your platform/phone."

Here are the links to this information :

http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/231245ba6d1e690f/047b9d3f776d7e54?lnk=gst&q=bindAppWidgetId#047b9d3f776d7e54

http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/f24e0f484a79d529/ef84188e8533a125?lnk=gst&q=bindAppWidgetId#ef84188e8533a125

Answer 2

A quick Google search reveals that android.permission.APPWIDGET_LIST is a usable permission, even though it's not listed in the API docs.