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In android, you define permissions for gps, sms sending, location , .., in the manifest file.
Is there anything similar in the iOS, so the user would know what capabilities of the phone some app uses before installation?
Or is the user warned during app use when some function wants to use something (e.g. gps, sms…)?
In iOS you declare your application requirements in its manifest-like
Info.plist. But this information is not used to ask user permission, only for ensuring device compatibility.Only Notifications and Location Services require user permission, which is automatically asked to the user the very first time your application attempt to use the corresponding API.
My guess is that many other permissions are already granted via the Apple Store license agreement, that the user must have accepted, unlike Android (I guess you can install an app without using the market isnt? which changes a lot from a legal point of view)