What permissions are required for all major Android ad providers?

Question

I’m trying to decide which advertising provider I want to go with, and one of my annoyances in the market is applications that require more permissions than necessary. Most major providers require you to register before you can access your documentation, so you thought we could compile the information here.

What permissions are required to display ads in the Android application from each of the main advertising providers:

• Admob
• Tapjoy
• Google Mobile Ads
• Burstly
• Mobclix
• zestadz
• Inmobi
• iVdopia
  Feel free to add more. I just got a list from tutsplus .

(To be clear, I want to see which providers require more permissions than others.)

Answer 1

Actually, I do not think that any of them, except Admob, just requires INTERNET permission. Here is my experience (I access most of them through MobClix, so I don’t know if their APIs have specific requirements):

AdMob, MobClix, and MobFox: android.permission.INTERNET

Mobclix: android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

MobClix and MobFox: android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE

Recently, MobClix removed the permission to view tasks / running applications (SDK version 3.0, which is good (there are too many permissions and users will not download your application)).

Update. It seems that MobFox has removed the need for WiFi states and network state permissions in their 3.0 api.

Also note that there are additional permissions, such as location, that may receive better ads for you.

Answer 2

Admob requires <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

I do not understand why any other provider will require more than this.

Answer 3

There are several permissions described below, and different providers may or may not use these

 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />