Hello, I wrote a test to check what kind of permissions are allowed to an application. A test run in the emulator shows the following error:
08-05 17:57:46.129: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.ACCESS_CHECKIN_PROPERTIES to package XXXX (protectionLevel=3 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.129: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.ACCESS_SURFACE_FLINGER to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.129: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.ACCOUNT_MANAGER to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.139: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.BIND_APPWIDGET to package XXXX (protectionLevel=3 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.139: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.BIND_INPUT_METHOD to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.149: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.BRICK to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.149: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.BROADCAST_PACKAGE_REMOVED to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.149: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.BROADCAST_SMS to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.149: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.BROADCAST_WAP_PUSH to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.149: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.CALL_PRIVILEGED to package XXXX (protectionLevel=3 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.158: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.CHANGE_COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.158: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.CLEAR_APP_USER_DATA to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.158: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.CONTROL_LOCATION_UPDATES to package XXXX (protectionLevel=3 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.158: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.DELETE_CACHE_FILES to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.158: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.DELETE_PACKAGES to package XXXX (protectionLevel=3 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.170: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.DEVICE_POWER to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.170: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.DIAGNOSTIC to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.170: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.FACTORY_TEST to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.180: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.FORCE_BACK to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.180: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.GLOBAL_SEARCH to package XXXX (protectionLevel=3 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.180: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.HARDWARE_TEST to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.180: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.INJECT_EVENTS to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.190: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.INSTALL_LOCATION_PROVIDER to package XXXX (protectionLevel=3 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.190: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.INTERNAL_SYSTEM_WINDOW to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.190: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.MANAGE_APP_TOKENS to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.190: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.MASTER_CLEAR to package XXXX (protectionLevel=3 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.199: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.READ_FRAME_BUFFER to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.199: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.READ_INPUT_STATE to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.199: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.REBOOT to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.209: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.SET_ACTIVITY_WATCHER to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.209: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.SET_ORIENTATION to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.209: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.STATUS_BAR to package XXXX (protectionLevel=3 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.209: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.UPDATE_DEVICE_STATS to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.219: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.WRITE_GSERVICES to package XXXX (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x7e44) 08-05 17:57:46.219: WARN/PackageManager(52): Not granting permission android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS to package XXXX (protectionLevel=3 flags=0x7e44) However, a search of SDK doc revealed that only the following permissions are reversed to the system: ACCOUNT_MANGER BIND_DEVICE_ADMIN (Level 8) BIND_INPUT_METHOD BIND_WALLPAPER (Level 8) This brings up 2 questions: (1) Why did the emulator deny other permissions in addition to those 4 system ones? (2) How could an app get the system permission? If this can only be done by building a custom Android like an OEM build, where in the Android platform does it check for system-level permission? Thanks, doug -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
