How would you access the security system settings eg airplane mode.. from android studio. I can do it through adb but I'd prefer to do it through android studio in my application. I tried writing code that gives the user an option to select 'modify system settings options' to give full access but it still keeps telling Permission denial: writing to settings requires:android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS, most of the answers are a bit old so it would be nice if someone directed me to a path
All permissions that your app wants to use (INTERNET,BLUETOOTH, etc) must be defined on the Manifest.XML file like this:
<uses-permission android:name="permission here"/>
Spesifically the WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS permission's protection level is "signature" (more on that here) and that means that permission is only granted to systems apps. So to "fix" your Permission denial error you need to add this permission into the Manifest.XML file, but this is redundant because it wont let you USE that permission due to its protection level.
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I have just completed my app which I have React Native using Expo. It is my first time uploading an APP to Play Store. After I got finished uploading my APP and all the requirements I got an Email from Google that my APP got Rejected, and I have no idea how to fix the issues they have listed.
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Here are the reasons:
The declared function DEVICE_AUTOMATION is allowed, but not approved for the specific permissions that are listed in your manifestREAD_SMS . These excess permissions READ_SMS must be removed from your app manifest
The declared functionality DEVICE_AUTOMATION is determined to be unnecessary or not aligned with the core functionality of your app.
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Any help would be grateful.
Best Regards
Musayyab
Starting from Jan 9, 2019, Google starts restricts the use of high risk or sensitive permission including SMS or Call Log.
According to mail, you can't use READ_SMS permission in your application. (It does not matter what application make by whatever language) Indeed, Google just judge 'Your application doesn't need READ_SMS function'.
If you tried to use READ_SMS as OTP(or Phone Authentication), You can use SMS Retriever API to achieve almost same feature.
In other cases, there are no alternatives available at this time.
Android apps have something called Permissions which the app tell s the phone what it would like to do. The purpose of these is to protect the privacy of the Android User.
Google Play has recently got stricter in what apps it will allow to use some of these permissions, as they are often used by abusive apps. One of these permissions is READ_SMS. If an app is granted this permission it is allowed to read all of the users SMS messages.
It sounds from your comment like you don't want your app to read the users SMS messages. So in this case the check worked - your app was asking for a permission it didn't need. You should remove the request for the READ_SMS permission from your app.
There are instructions on editing the permissions in a react native app here. So possibly you added this permission to your AndroidManifest.xml file. If you did, then you should remove it.
If you didn't add it yourself, it is a possible a bad third-party library you added to your app added the permission. If so you should stop using that library.
In the lower Android version, /sdcard/Download can be read and written, but from Android6 when I use code File file = new File("/sdcard/Download/TestResults.xls"); it will throw exception permission denied, I want to find are there a path in emulator that jave code can directly use to create File without asking permission?
Android-M ie, API 23 introduced Runtime Permissions for reducing security flaws in android device, where users can now directly manage app permissions at runtime.
You should to use permission API version above 23.
Refer this Android marshmallow request permission?
In my app, I need to use android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW permission. Now I know to go to setting to open it. But some of the application is automatically opened. I want to know how to do it
If i got it right, you want to ask the user for some permissions on app launch. There's a great library to help you do that in Android :
Github link for the Permission dispatcher library
You can also check these libraries :
App-Runtime-Permissions-Android
Assent
MarshmallowPermissionManager
Every app that requests the SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW permission and that is installed through the Play Store (version 6.0.5 or higher is required), will have granted the permission automatically.
If instead the app is sideloaded, the permission is not automatically granted. You can try to download and install the Evernote APK from apkmirror.com. As you can see you need to manually grant the permission in Settings -> Apps -> Draw over other apps.
It is a new behaviour introduced in Marshmallow 6.0.1.
If you want the app to be sideloaded, you show manually show a prompt and direct the user to enable Draw over other apps permissions from the settings. Have a look at Requesting permissions
Could you help me?
I have a question about permission required by using admob in my application. Are these permissions really necessary? I've found some app on PlayStore they are using ads without any permissions? How can I do it?
Thanks for your suggestions
The internet access permission does not by default show up when you are downloading an app under the permissions that the app uses (i.e. "The app requires no special permissions to run." In this example the app could still use internet access. Google simply gave every app the permission, however you still need to declare that you use the permission in your application). If you have checked the permissions manually (using a program) and the application does not use the internet access permissions then the "ads" are likely just pictures that when clicked open your browser. Thus they require no internet access.
However to use admob the INTERNET ACCESS permission is required, the reason you don't see it is because Google no longer states whether application have this permission or not.
Internet permission is required now. Although, existing app with no Internet permission still works.
Hello my problem is that when I try to change weather or not the GPS setting is enabled I get the following error 10-20 05:44:31.890: E/AndroidRuntime(889): java.lang.SecurityException: Permission denial: writing to secure settings requires android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS while in my manifest file I do have the permission listed in the error inside my manifest file.
Manifest:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS"/>
Any help would be appreciated
WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS is a signatureOrSystem permission, meaning that ordinary SDK applications cannot hold it. Only apps that are related to the firmware can hold this permission.
Reading all answers for this particular issue, one way around for this is to use this code to enable the gps but it wont work, as CommonsWare pointed, the application has to be system app for getting this code to work..so one can convert the application into system app by using TitaniumBackup. THis is working perfectly fine for me now.
*Sony users will see another message "Will collect anonymous data while using gps" - to overcome this, 'Freeze' the "LEarning Client" app and everything will be fine.