I've had a few of my customers e-mail me asking why my app uses GPS, and some have said they won't buy the app because of it. Android is the only platform my apps are on. How do I remove the gps functionality from my apps with either buzztouch or eclipse? Thanks!

androidmanifest.xml look for line that says <uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION /> Delete. save / export. Give this a try. When you upload to appstore it will tell you what it will warn your customers about.. if its not there then it worked :-)

Thanks! Worked like a charm.. the only problem now is when I first made the app, after I was done uploading it to the market I deleted all the files... including the keystone.. which I realize now is bad because I have no way to update my app without creating a whole new application! :(

Hi gang, I left: <!-- permissions --> <uses-permission android:name=android.permission.INTERNET /> I only left this one. I deleted: <uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE /> <uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION /> <uses-permission android:name=android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE /> This is what I see at my account: VersionCode: 2 VersionName: 1.4 Size: 328k Localized to: default Permissions: android.permission.INTERNET Features: android.hardware.touchscreen However, this is what I see on the Android Market: Permissions This application has access to the following: Your location fine (GPS) location Access fine location sources such as the Global Positioning System on the device, where available. Malicious applications can use this to determine where you are, and may consume additional battery power. Network communication full Internet access Allows an application to create network sockets. Phone calls read phone state and identity Allows the application to access the phone features of the device. An application with this permission can determine the phone number and serial number of this phone, whether a call is active, the number that call is connected to and the like. In addition, I changed the size of the letters. I submitted the update about 9 hours ago. How long is going to take effect? People want privacy, and I agree with that, so I really want to remove these features except the Internet permissions. Any advice will be highly appreciate, :-) R.

Can anyone answer this?

Hi Gang, I found the answer at Google AdMob Ads Android Fundamentals. This is the link:http://code.google.com/mobile/ads/docs/android/fundamentals.html. Look here: Permissions Making ad requests requires the networking permissions INTERNET and ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, so these must also be declared in the manifest: Leave these two in the manifest: <!-- permissions --> <uses-permission android:name=android.permission.INTERNET /> I only left this one. <uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE /> Delete these two in the manisfest: <uses-permission android:name=android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION /> <uses-permission android:name=android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE /> My Android App was submitted yesterday without problem. I hope this helps! :-) R.