This is probably completely off-topic, but could this be used to create the ability to deny permissions to applications? As a privacy-sensitive person, I would like to prevent some applications from receiving certain permissions, while still using them (for example, why should a game have access to my contacts?), but Android doesn't provide that functionality.<p>Would this be possible/viable with this framework? I might give it a shot, if so.
Looks a lot like XposedFramework:<p><a href="https://github.com/rovo89/XposedBridge/wiki/Development-tutorial" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/rovo89/XposedBridge/wiki/Development-tuto...</a><p>Xposed has allowed me to iterate much more rapidly on framework tweaks, and also keep them much cleaner (since now I just have the "hooks" instead of directly changing Android framework). Also, I can run on more devices because I don't have to replace some framework JAR which the vendor tweaked substantially.
Upon further reading, I noticed the true purpose of this seemingly allows apps to extend outside their sandbox and violate the intent model in terms of how they interact.<p>Not sure why this is a GOOD idea though...<p>----- original:<p>As someone with a rooted galaxy nexus on cm10.1, why is this of interest to me?<p>I understood that cydia was an app store alternative that only could exist on rooted/jailbroken iOS. Android has no such restrictions about app stores; what value does this actually add?<p>This is based on reading every word of the linked to page...
No. No no no no no no.<p>There's nothing wrong with hacks. There's nothing wrong with runtime patching. If you know what you're doing, then you know why you shouldn't do it, and thus you're well equipped to do it anyway.<p>There <i>IS</i> something wrong with bundling up hacks and runtime patches into a simple user-friendly installer that leads users to believe that they will work and are safe. When the hacks fail (and they will), it happens in ways that leave users confused, frustrated, and blaming us -- the developers of the applications that your hacks crash.<p>Bug reports from people who use Mobile Substrate are a <i>massive waste of time and user goodwill</i>. They pollute our crash reporting system, they make users think our software is broken, and they result in bad reviews in the app store.<p>You've just made life more ugly for every ISV that supports Android -- and our users -- after doing the same to us on iOS for years.