UNF Mobile App for Android Users 

 

For security reasons, Android users will be asked by their device to allow UNF Mobile access to various capabilities of the device (as enumerated in the “Permissions” tab on the UNF Mobile page in Google Play). 

 

The following outlines the reasons that the app requires the respective permissions:

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Permission Category 

Specific Permission 

Reason 

Your accounts 

Act as account authenticator, manage the accounts list, discover known accounts 

Learn: Allows users to save their learn login credentials for future use. 

Your location 

coarse (network-based) location, fine (GPS) location 

Maps: used to determine location for locate me functionality 

Network communication 

Full Internet access, View network state, Receive data from Internet 

Entire app: Necessary in order to load application data feeds for all modules. 

Your personal information 

Write contact data 

Directory: Allows application to add contacts from Directory to device's address book. 

Your personal information 

Read contact data 

Directory: Allows students to look up names from Directory to match those in their device's address book. 

Your personal information 

Add or modify calendar events and send emails to guests 

Events: Allows application to add items from Events module to device's calendar. 

Your personal information 

Read calendar events 

Events: Enables ability to add calendar events from device's calendar into the applications Events module calendar. 

Phone calls 

Read phone status and ID 

Directory: Allows app to check if phone is available to make a call to selected number. 

   

Learn: Allows for push notifications to the device (course announcements, grades, new tests, etc). 

Storage 

Modify/delete USB storage contents 

Learn: Allows users to download/upload attachments for forums, blogs, journals, etc. 

System tools 

Install shortcuts, Uninstall shortcuts 

Allows for the creation and removal of application shortcuts on the devices home screens.