# Beta testing the Android mobile app

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/beta-testing-the-android-mobile-app/50165
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [September 14, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beta-testing-the-android-mobile-app/50165 "2016-09-14T22:27:35Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beta-testing-the-android-mobile-app/50165/78 "2016-09-21T04:42:41Z")

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That unknown thing needs to be fixed, just noticed it as well.

The permissions stuff is going to be reworked per:

> [@Beta testing the iOS mobile app](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beta-testing-the-ios-mobile-app/49662/143):
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> Sure we can call it “read/ clear notifications” Basically we need to introduce a concept of scopes, this is how I would lay it out: id name description (localizable) -- --------- ----------- 1 notification\_edit Read / clear notifications 2 user\_info Read private user info 3 message\_bus Recieve updates from site permissions id controller action type -- ------- ----- ---- 1 notifications get :get etc...

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