[aferreira]

Actually, I don't think you need it.

If you can request permission to read the list of activities and do so when your activity is paused, you can search for the phone application (or even similar ones, such as Skype) and pause your audio playback?

Just a thought.

[masklinn]

That the phone application is launched does not mean the user is currently in a call, they could be browsing their contacts list.

[mcintyre1994]

Skype is an even worse example too, I use it for IM more than calls and it presumably stays open for a long time, probably forever on those occasions.

[Nursie]

Skype wants to BE your phone app. It is not allowed.

[jbk]

That too.

[jbk]

But, we're not an activity! That's the issue!

We're a background service to play audio.

And adding a new permission is the opposite of what we want.

[aferreira]

You don't have to be an activity at all, your service can do that. But the comment where someone might just be browsing their contact list makes sense too.

[jbk]

A service is not a pausable activity.

[learnstats2]

"Check out everything I do with my phone" is one of the permissions I would be more concerned about giving up.