From http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html
Summary
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String | ACCESS_CHECKIN_PROPERTIES | Allows read/write access to the "properties" table in the checkin database, to change values that get uploaded. | |||||||||
String | ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION | Allows an app to access approximate location derived from network location sources such as cell towers and Wi-Fi. | |||||||||
String | ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION | Allows an app to access precise location from location sources such as GPS, cell towers, and Wi-Fi. | |||||||||
String | ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS | Allows an application to access extra location provider commands | |||||||||
String | ACCESS_MOCK_LOCATION | Allows an application to create mock location providers for testing | |||||||||
String | ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE | Allows applications to access information about networks | |||||||||
String | ACCESS_SURFACE_FLINGER | Allows an application to use SurfaceFlinger's low level features. | |||||||||
String | ACCESS_WIFI_STATE | Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks | |||||||||
String | ACCOUNT_MANAGER | Allows applications to call into AccountAuthenticators. | |||||||||
String | ADD_VOICEMAIL | Allows an application to add voicemails into the system. | |||||||||
String | AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS | Allows an application to act as an AccountAuthenticator for the AccountManager | |||||||||
String | BATTERY_STATS | Allows an application to collect battery statistics | |||||||||
String | BIND_ACCESSIBILITY_SERVICE |
Must be required by an AccessibilityService ,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it. |
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String | BIND_APPWIDGET | Allows an application to tell the AppWidget service which application can access AppWidget's data. | |||||||||
String | BIND_CARRIER_MESSAGING_SERVICE |
Must be required by a CarrierMessagingService . |
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String | BIND_DEVICE_ADMIN | Must be required by device administration receiver, to ensure that only the system can interact with it. | |||||||||
String | BIND_DREAM_SERVICE |
Must be required by an DreamService ,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it. |
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String | BIND_INPUT_METHOD |
Must be required by an InputMethodService ,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it. |
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String | BIND_NFC_SERVICE |
Must be required by a HostApduService or OffHostApduService to
ensure that only the system can bind to it. |
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String | BIND_NOTIFICATION_LISTENER_SERVICE |
Must be required by an NotificationListenerService ,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it. |
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String | BIND_PRINT_SERVICE |
Must be required by a PrintService ,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it. |
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String | BIND_REMOTEVIEWS |
Must be required by a RemoteViewsService ,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it. |
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String | BIND_TEXT_SERVICE | Must be required by a TextService (e.g. | |||||||||
String | BIND_TV_INPUT |
Must be required by a TvInputService to
ensure that only the system can bind to it. |
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String | BIND_VOICE_INTERACTION |
Must be required by a VoiceInteractionService ,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it. |
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String | BIND_VPN_SERVICE |
Must be required by a VpnService ,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it. |
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String | BIND_WALLPAPER |
Must be required by a WallpaperService ,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it. |
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String | BLUETOOTH | Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices | |||||||||
String | BLUETOOTH_ADMIN | Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices | |||||||||
String | BLUETOOTH_PRIVILEGED | Allows applications to pair bluetooth devices without user interaction, and to allow or disallow phonebook access or message access. | |||||||||
String | BODY_SENSORS | Allows an application to access data from sensors that the user uses to measure what is happening inside his/her body, such as heart rate. | |||||||||
String | BRICK | Required to be able to disable the device (very dangerous!). | |||||||||
String | BROADCAST_PACKAGE_REMOVED | Allows an application to broadcast a notification that an application package has been removed. | |||||||||
String | BROADCAST_SMS | Allows an application to broadcast an SMS receipt notification. | |||||||||
String | BROADCAST_STICKY | Allows an application to broadcast sticky intents. | |||||||||
String | BROADCAST_WAP_PUSH | Allows an application to broadcast a WAP PUSH receipt notification. | |||||||||
String | CALL_PHONE | Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call being placed. | |||||||||
String | CALL_PRIVILEGED | Allows an application to call any phone number, including emergency numbers, without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call being placed. | |||||||||
String | CAMERA | Required to be able to access the camera device. | |||||||||
String | CAPTURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT | Allows an application to capture audio output. | |||||||||
String | CAPTURE_SECURE_VIDEO_OUTPUT | Allows an application to capture secure video output. | |||||||||
String | CAPTURE_VIDEO_OUTPUT | Allows an application to capture video output. | |||||||||
String | CHANGE_COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE | Allows an application to change whether an application component (other than its own) is enabled or not. | |||||||||
String | CHANGE_CONFIGURATION | Allows an application to modify the current configuration, such as locale. | |||||||||
String | CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE | Allows applications to change network connectivity state | |||||||||
String | CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE | Allows applications to enter Wi-Fi Multicast mode | |||||||||
String | CHANGE_WIFI_STATE | Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state | |||||||||
String | CLEAR_APP_CACHE | Allows an application to clear the caches of all installed applications on the device. | |||||||||
String | CLEAR_APP_USER_DATA | Allows an application to clear user data. | |||||||||
String | CONTROL_LOCATION_UPDATES | Allows enabling/disabling location update notifications from the radio. | |||||||||
String | DELETE_CACHE_FILES | Allows an application to delete cache files. | |||||||||
String | DELETE_PACKAGES | Allows an application to delete packages. | |||||||||
String | DEVICE_POWER | Allows low-level access to power management. | |||||||||
String | DIAGNOSTIC | Allows applications to RW to diagnostic resources. | |||||||||
String | DISABLE_KEYGUARD | Allows applications to disable the keyguard | |||||||||
String | DUMP | Allows an application to retrieve state dump information from system services. | |||||||||
String | EXPAND_STATUS_BAR | Allows an application to expand or collapse the status bar. | |||||||||
String | FACTORY_TEST | Run as a manufacturer test application, running as the root user. | |||||||||
String | FLASHLIGHT | Allows access to the flashlight | |||||||||
String | FORCE_BACK | Allows an application to force a BACK operation on whatever is the top activity. | |||||||||
String | GET_ACCOUNTS | Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service | |||||||||
String | GET_PACKAGE_SIZE | Allows an application to find out the space used by any package. | |||||||||
String | GET_TASKS | This constant was deprecated in API level 21. No longer enforced. | |||||||||
String | GET_TOP_ACTIVITY_INFO | Allows an application to retrieve private information about the current top activity, such as any assist context it can provide. | |||||||||
String | GLOBAL_SEARCH | This permission can be used on content providers to allow the global search system to access their data. | |||||||||
String | HARDWARE_TEST | Allows access to hardware peripherals. | |||||||||
String | INJECT_EVENTS | Allows an application to inject user events (keys, touch, trackball) into the event stream and deliver them to ANY window. | |||||||||
String | INSTALL_LOCATION_PROVIDER | Allows an application to install a location provider into the Location Manager. | |||||||||
String | INSTALL_PACKAGES | Allows an application to install packages. | |||||||||
String | INSTALL_SHORTCUT | Allows an application to install a shortcut in Launcher | |||||||||
String | INTERNAL_SYSTEM_WINDOW | Allows an application to open windows that are for use by parts of the system user interface. | |||||||||
String | INTERNET | Allows applications to open network sockets. | |||||||||
String | KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES |
Allows an application to call killBackgroundProcesses(String) . |
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String | LOCATION_HARDWARE | Allows an application to use location features in hardware, such as the geofencing api. | |||||||||
String | MANAGE_ACCOUNTS | Allows an application to manage the list of accounts in the AccountManager | |||||||||
String | MANAGE_APP_TOKENS | Allows an application to manage (create, destroy, Z-order) application tokens in the window manager. | |||||||||
String | MANAGE_DOCUMENTS | Allows an application to manage access to documents, usually as part of a document picker. | |||||||||
String | MASTER_CLEAR | Not for use by third-party applications. | |||||||||
String | MEDIA_CONTENT_CONTROL | Allows an application to know what content is playing and control its playback. | |||||||||
String | MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS | Allows an application to modify global audio settings | |||||||||
String | MODIFY_PHONE_STATE | Allows modification of the telephony state - power on, mmi, etc. | |||||||||
String | MOUNT_FORMAT_FILESYSTEMS | Allows formatting file systems for removable storage. | |||||||||
String | MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS | Allows mounting and unmounting file systems for removable storage. | |||||||||
String | NFC | Allows applications to perform I/O operations over NFC | |||||||||
String | PERSISTENT_ACTIVITY | This constant was deprecated in API level 9. This functionality will be removed in the future; please do not use. Allow an application to make its activities persistent. | |||||||||
String | PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS | Allows an application to see the number being dialed during an outgoing call with the option to redirect the call to a different number or abort the call altogether. | |||||||||
String | READ_CALENDAR | Allows an application to read the user's calendar data. | |||||||||
String | READ_CALL_LOG | Allows an application to read the user's call log. | |||||||||
String | READ_CONTACTS | Allows an application to read the user's contacts data. | |||||||||
String | READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE | Allows an application to read from external storage. | |||||||||
String | READ_FRAME_BUFFER | Allows an application to take screen shots and more generally get access to the frame buffer data. | |||||||||
String | READ_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS | Allows an application to read (but not write) the user's browsing history and bookmarks. | |||||||||
String | READ_INPUT_STATE | This constant was deprecated in API level 16. The API that used this permission has been removed. | |||||||||
String | READ_LOGS | Allows an application to read the low-level system log files. | |||||||||
String | READ_PHONE_STATE | Allows read only access to phone state. | |||||||||
String | READ_PROFILE | Allows an application to read the user's personal profile data. | |||||||||
String | READ_SMS | Allows an application to read SMS messages. | |||||||||
String | READ_SOCIAL_STREAM | This constant was deprecated in API level 21. This functionality will be unsupported in the future; cursors returned will be empty. Please do not use. | |||||||||
String | READ_SYNC_SETTINGS | Allows applications to read the sync settings | |||||||||
String | READ_SYNC_STATS | Allows applications to read the sync stats | |||||||||
String | READ_USER_DICTIONARY | Allows an application to read the user dictionary. | |||||||||
String | READ_VOICEMAIL | Allows an application to read voicemails in the system. | |||||||||
String | REBOOT | Required to be able to reboot the device. | |||||||||
String | RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED |
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that
is broadcast after the system finishes booting. |
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String | RECEIVE_MMS | Allows an application to monitor incoming MMS messages, to record or perform processing on them. | |||||||||
String | RECEIVE_SMS | Allows an application to monitor incoming SMS messages, to record or perform processing on them. | |||||||||
String | RECEIVE_WAP_PUSH | Allows an application to monitor incoming WAP push messages. | |||||||||
String | RECORD_AUDIO | Allows an application to record audio | |||||||||
String | REORDER_TASKS | Allows an application to change the Z-order of tasks | |||||||||
String | RESTART_PACKAGES |
This constant was deprecated in API level 8. The restartPackage(String) API
is no longer supported. |
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String | SEND_RESPOND_VIA_MESSAGE | Allows an application (Phone) to send a request to other applications to handle the respond-via-message action during incoming calls. | |||||||||
String | SEND_SMS | Allows an application to send SMS messages. | |||||||||
String | SET_ACTIVITY_WATCHER | Allows an application to watch and control how activities are started globally in the system. | |||||||||
String | SET_ALARM | Allows an application to broadcast an Intent to set an alarm for the user. | |||||||||
String | SET_ALWAYS_FINISH | Allows an application to control whether activities are immediately finished when put in the background. | |||||||||
String | SET_ANIMATION_SCALE | Modify the global animation scaling factor. | |||||||||
String | SET_DEBUG_APP | Configure an application for debugging. | |||||||||
String | SET_ORIENTATION | Allows low-level access to setting the orientation (actually rotation) of the screen. | |||||||||
String | SET_POINTER_SPEED | Allows low-level access to setting the pointer speed. | |||||||||
String | SET_PREFERRED_APPLICATIONS |
This constant was deprecated in API level 7. No longer useful, see addPackageToPreferred(String) for
details. |
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String | SET_PROCESS_LIMIT | Allows an application to set the maximum number of (not needed) application processes that can be running. | |||||||||
String | SET_TIME | Allows applications to set the system time. | |||||||||
String | SET_TIME_ZONE | Allows applications to set the system time zone | |||||||||
String | SET_WALLPAPER | Allows applications to set the wallpaper | |||||||||
String | SET_WALLPAPER_HINTS | Allows applications to set the wallpaper hints | |||||||||
String | SIGNAL_PERSISTENT_PROCESSES | Allow an application to request that a signal be sent to all persistent processes. | |||||||||
String | STATUS_BAR | Allows an application to open, close, or disable the status bar and its icons. | |||||||||
String | SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_READ | Allows an application to allow access the subscribed feeds ContentProvider. | |||||||||
String | SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_WRITE | ||||||||||
String | SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW |
Allows an application to open windows using the type TYPE_SYSTEM_ALERT ,
shown on top of all other applications. |
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String | TRANSMIT_IR | Allows using the device's IR transmitter, if available | |||||||||
String | UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT | Allows an application to uninstall a shortcut in Launcher | |||||||||
String | UPDATE_DEVICE_STATS | Allows an application to update device statistics. | |||||||||
String | USE_CREDENTIALS | Allows an application to request authtokens from the AccountManager | |||||||||
String | USE_SIP | Allows an application to use SIP service | |||||||||
String | VIBRATE | Allows access to the vibrator | |||||||||
String | WAKE_LOCK | Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming | |||||||||
String | WRITE_APN_SETTINGS | Allows applications to write the apn settings. | |||||||||
String | WRITE_CALENDAR | Allows an application to write (but not read) the user's calendar data. | |||||||||
String | WRITE_CALL_LOG | Allows an application to write (but not read) the user's contacts data. | |||||||||
String | WRITE_CONTACTS | Allows an application to write (but not read) the user's contacts data. | |||||||||
String | WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE | Allows an application to write to external storage. | |||||||||
String | WRITE_GSERVICES | Allows an application to modify the Google service map. | |||||||||
String | WRITE_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS | Allows an application to write (but not read) the user's browsing history and bookmarks. | |||||||||
String | WRITE_PROFILE | Allows an application to write (but not read) the user's personal profile data. | |||||||||
String | WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS | Allows an application to read or write the secure system settings. | |||||||||
String | WRITE_SETTINGS | Allows an application to read or write the system settings. | |||||||||
String | WRITE_SMS | Allows an application to write SMS messages. | |||||||||
String | WRITE_SOCIAL_STREAM | This constant was deprecated in API level 21. This functionality will be unsupported in the future; cursors returned will be empty. Please do not use. | |||||||||
String | WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS | Allows applications to write the sync settings | |||||||||
String | WRITE_USER_DICTIONARY | Allows an application to write to the user dictionary. | |||||||||
String | WRITE_VOICEMAIL | Allows an application to modify and remove existing voicemails in the system |
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Constants
public static final String ACCESS_CHECKIN_PROPERTIES
Allows read/write access to the "properties" table in the checkin database, to change values that get uploaded.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
Allows an app to access approximate location derived from network location sources such as cell towers and Wi-Fi.
public static final String ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Allows an app to access precise location from location sources such as GPS, cell towers, and Wi-Fi.
public static final String ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS
Allows an application to access extra location provider commands
public static final String ACCESS_MOCK_LOCATION
Allows an application to create mock location providers for testing
public static final String ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Allows applications to access information about networks
public static final String ACCESS_SURFACE_FLINGER
Allows an application to use SurfaceFlinger's low level features.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks
public static final String ACCOUNT_MANAGER
Allows applications to call into AccountAuthenticators.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String ADD_VOICEMAIL
Allows an application to add voicemails into the system.
public static final String AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS
Allows an application to act as an AccountAuthenticator for the AccountManager
public static final String BATTERY_STATS
Allows an application to collect battery statistics
public static final String BIND_ACCESSIBILITY_SERVICE
Must be required by an AccessibilityService
,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
public static final String BIND_APPWIDGET
Allows an application to tell the AppWidget service which application can access AppWidget's data. The normal user flow is that a user picks an AppWidget to go into a particular host, thereby giving that host application access to the private data from the AppWidget app. An application that has this permission should honor that contract.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String BIND_CARRIER_MESSAGING_SERVICE
Must be required by a CarrierMessagingService
.
Any service that filters for this intent must be a carrier privileged app.
public static final String BIND_DEVICE_ADMIN
Must be required by device administration receiver, to ensure that only the system can interact with it.
public static final String BIND_DREAM_SERVICE
Must be required by an DreamService
,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
public static final String BIND_INPUT_METHOD
Must be required by an InputMethodService
,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
public static final String BIND_NFC_SERVICE
Must be required by a HostApduService
or OffHostApduService
to
ensure that only the system can bind to it.
public static final String BIND_NOTIFICATION_LISTENER_SERVICE
Must be required by an NotificationListenerService
,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
public static final String BIND_PRINT_SERVICE
Must be required by a PrintService
,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
public static final String BIND_REMOTEVIEWS
Must be required by a RemoteViewsService
,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
public static final String BIND_TEXT_SERVICE
Must be required by a TextService (e.g. SpellCheckerService) to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
public static final String BIND_TV_INPUT
Must be required by a TvInputService
to
ensure that only the system can bind to it.
public static final String BIND_VOICE_INTERACTION
Must be required by a VoiceInteractionService
,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
public static final String BIND_VPN_SERVICE
Must be required by a VpnService
,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
public static final String BIND_WALLPAPER
Must be required by a WallpaperService
,
to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
public static final String BLUETOOTH
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices
public static final String BLUETOOTH_ADMIN
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices
public static final String BLUETOOTH_PRIVILEGED
Allows applications to pair bluetooth devices without user interaction, and to allow or disallow phonebook access or message access. This is not available to third party applications.
public static final String BODY_SENSORS
Allows an application to access data from sensors that the user uses to measure what is happening inside his/her body, such as heart rate.
public static final String BRICK
Required to be able to disable the device (very dangerous!).
Not for use by third-party applications..
public static final String BROADCAST_PACKAGE_REMOVED
Allows an application to broadcast a notification that an application package has been removed.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String BROADCAST_SMS
Allows an application to broadcast an SMS receipt notification.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String BROADCAST_STICKY
Allows an application to broadcast sticky intents. These are broadcasts whose data is held by the system after being finished, so that clients can quickly retrieve that data without having to wait for the next broadcast.
public static final String BROADCAST_WAP_PUSH
Allows an application to broadcast a WAP PUSH receipt notification.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String CALL_PHONE
Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call being placed.
public static final String CALL_PRIVILEGED
Allows an application to call any phone number, including emergency numbers, without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call being placed.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String CAMERA
Required to be able to access the camera device.
This will automatically enforce the <uses-feature>
manifest
element for all camera features. If you do not require all camera features or can properly operate if a camera is not available, then you must modify your manifest as appropriate in order to install on devices that don't support all camera features.
public static final String CAPTURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT
Allows an application to capture audio output.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String CAPTURE_SECURE_VIDEO_OUTPUT
Allows an application to capture secure video output.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String CAPTURE_VIDEO_OUTPUT
Allows an application to capture video output.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String CHANGE_COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE
Allows an application to change whether an application component (other than its own) is enabled or not.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String CHANGE_CONFIGURATION
Allows an application to modify the current configuration, such as locale.
public static final String CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
Allows applications to change network connectivity state
public static final String CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE
Allows applications to enter Wi-Fi Multicast mode
public static final String CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state
public static final String CLEAR_APP_CACHE
Allows an application to clear the caches of all installed applications on the device.
public static final String CLEAR_APP_USER_DATA
Allows an application to clear user data.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String CONTROL_LOCATION_UPDATES
Allows enabling/disabling location update notifications from the radio.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String DELETE_CACHE_FILES
Allows an application to delete cache files.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String DELETE_PACKAGES
Allows an application to delete packages.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String DEVICE_POWER
Allows low-level access to power management.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String DIAGNOSTIC
Allows applications to RW to diagnostic resources.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String DISABLE_KEYGUARD
Allows applications to disable the keyguard
public static final String DUMP
Allows an application to retrieve state dump information from system services.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String EXPAND_STATUS_BAR
Allows an application to expand or collapse the status bar.
public static final String FACTORY_TEST
Run as a manufacturer test application, running as the root user. Only available when the device is running in manufacturer test mode.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String FLASHLIGHT
Allows access to the flashlight
public static final String FORCE_BACK
Allows an application to force a BACK operation on whatever is the top activity.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String GET_ACCOUNTS
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service
public static final String GET_PACKAGE_SIZE
Allows an application to find out the space used by any package.
public static final String GET_TASKS
This constant was deprecated in API level 21.
No longer enforced.
public static final String GET_TOP_ACTIVITY_INFO
Allows an application to retrieve private information about the current top activity, such as any assist context it can provide.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String GLOBAL_SEARCH
This permission can be used on content providers to allow the global search system to access their data. Typically it used when the provider has some permissions protecting it (which global search would not be expected to hold), and added as a read-only permission to the path in the provider where global search queries are performed. This permission can not be held by regular applications; it is used by applications to protect themselves from everyone else besides global search.
public static final String HARDWARE_TEST
Allows access to hardware peripherals. Intended only for hardware testing.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String INJECT_EVENTS
Allows an application to inject user events (keys, touch, trackball) into the event stream and deliver them to ANY window. Without this permission, you can only deliver events to windows in your own process.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String INSTALL_LOCATION_PROVIDER
Allows an application to install a location provider into the Location Manager.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String INSTALL_PACKAGES
Allows an application to install packages.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String INSTALL_SHORTCUT
Allows an application to install a shortcut in Launcher
public static final String INTERNAL_SYSTEM_WINDOW
Allows an application to open windows that are for use by parts of the system user interface.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String INTERNET
Allows applications to open network sockets.
public static final String KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES
Allows an application to call killBackgroundProcesses(String)
.
public static final String LOCATION_HARDWARE
Allows an application to use location features in hardware, such as the geofencing api.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String MANAGE_ACCOUNTS
Allows an application to manage the list of accounts in the AccountManager
public static final String MANAGE_APP_TOKENS
Allows an application to manage (create, destroy, Z-order) application tokens in the window manager.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String MANAGE_DOCUMENTS
Allows an application to manage access to documents, usually as part of a document picker.
public static final String MASTER_CLEAR
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String MEDIA_CONTENT_CONTROL
Allows an application to know what content is playing and control its playback.
Not for use by third-party applications due to privacy of media consumption
public static final String MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
Allows an application to modify global audio settings
public static final String MODIFY_PHONE_STATE
Allows modification of the telephony state - power on, mmi, etc. Does not include placing calls.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String MOUNT_FORMAT_FILESYSTEMS
Allows formatting file systems for removable storage.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS
Allows mounting and unmounting file systems for removable storage.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String NFC
Allows applications to perform I/O operations over NFC
public static final String PERSISTENT_ACTIVITY
This constant was deprecated in API level 9.
This functionality will be removed in the future; please do not use. Allow an application to make its activities persistent.
public static final String PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS
Allows an application to see the number being dialed during an outgoing call with the option to redirect the call to a different number or abort the call altogether.
public static final String READ_CALENDAR
Allows an application to read the user's calendar data.
public static final String READ_CALL_LOG
Allows an application to read the user's call log.
Note: If your app uses the READ_CONTACTS
permission
and both your minSdkVersion
and targetSdkVersion
values
are set to 15 or lower, the system implicitly grants your app this permission. If you don't need this permission, be sure your targetSdkVersion
is
16 or higher.
public static final String READ_CONTACTS
Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.
public static final String READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Any app that declares the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
permission
is implicitly granted this permission.
This permission is enforced starting in API level 19. Before API level 19, this permission is not enforced and all apps still have access to read from external storage. You can test your app with the permission enforced by enabling Protect USB storage under Developer options in the Settings app on a device running Android 4.1 or higher.
Also starting in API level 19, this permission is not required to read/write files in your application-specific directories returned by getExternalFilesDir(String)
and getExternalCacheDir()
.
Note: If both your minSdkVersion
and targetSdkVersion
values
are set to 3 or lower, the system implicitly grants your app this permission. If you don't need this permission, be sure your targetSdkVersion
is
4 or higher.
public static final String READ_FRAME_BUFFER
Allows an application to take screen shots and more generally get access to the frame buffer data.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String READ_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS
Allows an application to read (but not write) the user's browsing history and bookmarks.
public static final String READ_INPUT_STATE
This constant was deprecated in API level 16.
The API that used this permission has been removed.
Allows an application to retrieve the current state of keys and switches.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String READ_LOGS
Allows an application to read the low-level system log files.
Not for use by third-party applications, because Log entries can contain the user's private information.
public static final String READ_PHONE_STATE
Allows read only access to phone state.
Note: If both your minSdkVersion
and targetSdkVersion
values
are set to 3 or lower, the system implicitly grants your app this permission. If you don't need this permission, be sure your targetSdkVersion
is
4 or higher.
public static final String READ_PROFILE
Allows an application to read the user's personal profile data.
public static final String READ_SMS
Allows an application to read SMS messages.
public static final String READ_SOCIAL_STREAM
This constant was deprecated in API level 21.
This functionality will be unsupported in the future; cursors returned will be empty. Please do not use.
Allows an application to read from the user's social stream.
public static final String READ_SYNC_SETTINGS
Allows applications to read the sync settings
public static final String READ_SYNC_STATS
Allows applications to read the sync stats
public static final String READ_USER_DICTIONARY
Allows an application to read the user dictionary. This should really only be required by an IME, or a dictionary editor like the Settings app.
public static final String READ_VOICEMAIL
Allows an application to read voicemails in the system.
public static final String REBOOT
Required to be able to reboot the device.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED
that
is broadcast after the system finishes booting. If you don't request this permission, you will not receive the broadcast at that time. Though holding this permission does not have any security implications, it can have a negative impact on the user experience
by increasing the amount of time it takes the system to start and allowing applications to have themselves running without the user being aware of them. As such, you must explicitly declare your use of this facility to make that visible to the user.
public static final String RECEIVE_MMS
Allows an application to monitor incoming MMS messages, to record or perform processing on them.
public static final String RECEIVE_SMS
Allows an application to monitor incoming SMS messages, to record or perform processing on them.
public static final String RECEIVE_WAP_PUSH
Allows an application to monitor incoming WAP push messages.
public static final String RECORD_AUDIO
Allows an application to record audio
public static final String REORDER_TASKS
Allows an application to change the Z-order of tasks
public static final String RESTART_PACKAGES
This constant was deprecated in API level 8.
The restartPackage(String)
API
is no longer supported.
public static final String SEND_RESPOND_VIA_MESSAGE
Allows an application (Phone) to send a request to other applications to handle the respond-via-message action during incoming calls.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String SEND_SMS
Allows an application to send SMS messages.
public static final String SET_ACTIVITY_WATCHER
Allows an application to watch and control how activities are started globally in the system. Only for is in debugging (usually the monkey command).
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String SET_ALARM
Allows an application to broadcast an Intent to set an alarm for the user.
public static final String SET_ALWAYS_FINISH
Allows an application to control whether activities are immediately finished when put in the background.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String SET_ANIMATION_SCALE
Modify the global animation scaling factor.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String SET_DEBUG_APP
Configure an application for debugging.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String SET_ORIENTATION
Allows low-level access to setting the orientation (actually rotation) of the screen.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String SET_POINTER_SPEED
Allows low-level access to setting the pointer speed.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String SET_PREFERRED_APPLICATIONS
This constant was deprecated in API level 7.
No longer useful, see addPackageToPreferred(String)
for
details.
public static final String SET_PROCESS_LIMIT
Allows an application to set the maximum number of (not needed) application processes that can be running.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String SET_TIME
Allows applications to set the system time.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String SET_TIME_ZONE
Allows applications to set the system time zone
public static final String SET_WALLPAPER
Allows applications to set the wallpaper
public static final String SET_WALLPAPER_HINTS
Allows applications to set the wallpaper hints
public static final String SIGNAL_PERSISTENT_PROCESSES
Allow an application to request that a signal be sent to all persistent processes.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String STATUS_BAR
Allows an application to open, close, or disable the status bar and its icons.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_READ
Allows an application to allow access the subscribed feeds ContentProvider.
public static final String SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_WRITE
public static final String SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
Allows an application to open windows using the type TYPE_SYSTEM_ALERT
,
shown on top of all other applications. Very few applications should use this permission; these windows are intended for system-level interaction with the user.
public static final String TRANSMIT_IR
Allows using the device's IR transmitter, if available
public static final String UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT
Allows an application to uninstall a shortcut in Launcher
public static final String UPDATE_DEVICE_STATS
Allows an application to update device statistics.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String USE_CREDENTIALS
Allows an application to request authtokens from the AccountManager
public static final String USE_SIP
Allows an application to use SIP service
public static final String VIBRATE
Allows access to the vibrator
public static final String WAKE_LOCK
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming
public static final String WRITE_APN_SETTINGS
Allows applications to write the apn settings.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String WRITE_CALENDAR
Allows an application to write (but not read) the user's calendar data.
public static final String WRITE_CALL_LOG
Allows an application to write (but not read) the user's contacts data.
Note: If your app uses the WRITE_CONTACTS
permission
and both your minSdkVersion
and targetSdkVersion
values
are set to 15 or lower, the system implicitly grants your app this permission. If you don't need this permission, be sure your targetSdkVersion
is
16 or higher.
public static final String WRITE_CONTACTS
Allows an application to write (but not read) the user's contacts data.
public static final String WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Note: If both your minSdkVersion
and targetSdkVersion
values
are set to 3 or lower, the system implicitly grants your app this permission. If you don't need this permission, be sure your targetSdkVersion
is
4 or higher.
Starting in API level 19, this permission is not required to read/write files in your application-specific directories returned by getExternalFilesDir(String)
and getExternalCacheDir()
.
public static final String WRITE_GSERVICES
Allows an application to modify the Google service map.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String WRITE_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS
Allows an application to write (but not read) the user's browsing history and bookmarks.
public static final String WRITE_PROFILE
Allows an application to write (but not read) the user's personal profile data.
public static final String WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
Allows an application to read or write the secure system settings.
Not for use by third-party applications.
public static final String WRITE_SETTINGS
Allows an application to read or write the system settings.
public static final String WRITE_SMS
Allows an application to write SMS messages.
public static final String WRITE_SOCIAL_STREAM
This constant was deprecated in API level 21.
This functionality will be unsupported in the future; cursors returned will be empty. Please do not use.
Allows an application to write (but not read) the user's social stream data.
public static final String WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS
Allows applications to write the sync settings
public static final String WRITE_USER_DICTIONARY
Allows an application to write to the user dictionary.
public static final String WRITE_VOICEMAIL
Allows an application to modify and remove existing voicemails in the system