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Mobile App Development vocabulary · Permissions, Privacy and Security

Permission

Meaning in mobile app development, with examples

/pərˈmɪʃən/nounCore term

In mobile app development, permission means: The user's approval that an app needs before it can use sensitive features or data, such as the camera, location, contacts or notifications.

In Turkish: izin, erişim izni

How it is used

An app requests or asks for a permission, and the user grants or denies it. Both platforms ask at runtime, when the feature is first needed; iOS also requires a short text explaining why the app needs it. The timing and wording of the request affect how many users say yes.

Example sentences

  1. If the user denies camera permission, show a button that opens the Settings app.

  2. We ask for location permission only when the user opens the map.

Common collocations

  • request permission
  • grant permission
  • deny permission
  • location permission
  • permission prompt
  • privacy policyA public document that explains what personal data an app collects, why it collects it, who it is shared with and how users can control it.
  • opt inTo choose actively to take part in something, such as receiving notifications or sharing data; the opposite is to opt out.
  • App Tracking TransparencyApple's privacy framework, introduced in iOS 14.5, that requires apps to ask users for permission before tracking them across other companies' apps and websites.
  • push notificationA short message sent from a server to a user's device that appears on the screen even when the app is not open, for example about a new message or a delivery.

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