# \[CLOSED\] Flashlight permission: appears on APDE, missing on desktop processing

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/closed-flashlight-permission-appears-on-apde-missing-on-desktop-processing/7132>\
**Category:** Processing for Android\
**Created:** [January 3, 2019, 10:43am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/closed-flashlight-permission-appears-on-apde-missing-on-desktop-processing/7132 "2019-01-03T10:43:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![JoseMY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josemy/32/2016_2.png) [@JoseMY](https://discourse.processing.org/u/JoseMY)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 10:43am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/closed-flashlight-permission-appears-on-apde-missing-on-desktop-processing/7132/1 "2019-01-03T10:43:59Z")

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Hi!

android.permission.FLASHLIGHT is missing on the permission list of the desktop version of processing, but it appears in the permission list of APDE. Is it a deprecated permission?

Yours,

José.

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**Author:** ![JoseMY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josemy/32/2016_2.png) [@JoseMY](https://discourse.processing.org/u/JoseMY)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/closed-flashlight-permission-appears-on-apde-missing-on-desktop-processing/7132/2 "2019-01-05T12:42:50Z")

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I will self-reply: that permission was removed on android 24.