Modification Package "Capabilities"

[Tim Mangan]

What are the rules for setting "Capabilities" on Modification Packages? 

Should it include the capabilities settings of the main package?  Or just what it needs?

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Hi, modification packages cannot set capabilities. They are inherited from the main package. 

[#3]

Thanks.

[#4]

@Dian Hartono  But wait...

What if I were a developer that wanted to build a plugin to an MSIX enabled application developed by someone else and needed to add a capability in order to get through the store submission process? Like maybe AutoCad and I want to add a camera based plugin, which I think can only be done as a Modification package.

Would I still mark the capability in the modification package to get through the store, but it will be ignored at runtime?  And might the camera get blocked in that case?

[#5]

It is still the case that the main app needs to provide that permission for a plugin to access that capability. Using modification package to enhance/enable additional main package capabilities is something we can put in our backlog.