Have you seen the latest daily build?
It appears this could be coming sooner then later 
Mac/Windows: Updated the ābuild.settingsā file for all sample projects to include Android permissions INTERNET, READ_PHONE_STATE, or ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE if needed. (In preparation to remove all default Android permissions.) [import]uid: 33275 topic_id: 35160 reply_id: 141663[/import]