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Android Socket Permission Denied Error

Oct 12 '12 at 10:08

I get a "socketError: Permission denied" error when trying to connect to an IMAP server in my Android application. What is the cause of this?

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Answer

If the LastErrorText contains a line such as this:

socketError: Permission denied

It means you need to add permissions for Internet communications in your manifest. It should be placed outside of the application tag, such as:

<manifest>
    <application>
     .
     .
     .
    </application>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
</manifest>