App Permissions
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
This constant was deprecated in API level 21. No longer enforced.
Allows mounting and unmounting file systems for removable storage.
Not for use by third-party applications.
Allows an application to use location features in hardware, such as the geofencing api.
Allows an application to open, close, or disable the status bar and its icons.
Allows an application to broadcast a notification that an application package has been removed.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to read the user's call log.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to read or write the secure system settings.
Allows an application to add voicemails into the system.
Allows an application to capture video output.
Must be required by a WallpaperService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Allows an application to broadcast a WAP PUSH receipt notification.
Allows an application to access extra location provider commands.
Allows an application to broadcast sticky intents.
This permission can be used on content providers to allow the global search system to access their data.
Allows applications to read the sync stats.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
This constant was deprecated in API level 8. The restartPackage(String] API is no longer supported.
Allows an application to modify the current configuration, such as locale.
Allows using the device's IR transmitter, if available.
Must be required by a RemoteViewsService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Allows an application to retrieve state dump information from system services.
Allows applications to read the sync settings.
Allows an application to read or write the system settings.
Allows formatting file systems for removable storage.
Allows an application to find out the space used by any package.
This constant was deprecated in API level 21. No longer enforced.
Modify the global animation scaling factor.
Allows an application to set the maximum number of (not needed] application processes that can be running.
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.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to capture secure video output.
Allows an application to receive SMS messages.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to know what content is playing and control its playback.
Allows an application to broadcast an Intent to set an alarm for the user.
Allows modification of the telephony state - power on, mmi, etc.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an application to send SMS messages.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows an application to read the user's calendar data.
Allows applications to set the system time zone.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.
Allows applications to perform I/O operations over NFC.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an application to change whether an application component (other than its own] is enabled or not.
Allows applications to call into AccountAuthenticators.
Allows applications to RW to diagnostic resources.
Allows applications to enter Wi-Fi Multicast mode.
Allows an application to receive WAP push messages.
Allows applications to set the system time.
Allows applications to set the wallpaper hints.
Allows an application to collect battery statistics
Allows an application to write (but not read] the user's call log data.
Allows applications to change network connectivity state.
Allows an application to delete packages.
Allows an application to modify and remove existing voicemails in the system.
Allows applications to pair bluetooth devices without user interaction, and to allow or disallow phonebook access or message access.
Allows an application to clear the caches of all installed applications on the device.
Allows an application to use SIP service.
Allows an application to call killBackgroundProcesses(String].
Allows an application to write the user's contacts data.
Allows read/write access to the "properties" table in the checkin database, to change values that get uploaded.
Allows an application to write the user's calendar data.
Allows an application to expand or collapse the status bar.
Allows an application to update device statistics.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows applications to write the sync settings.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Must be required by a HostApduService or OffHostApduService to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Allows an application to change the Z-order of tasks.
Allows an application to monitor incoming MMS messages.
Allows an application to install packages.
Allows an application to manage access to documents, usually as part of a document picker.
Must be required by a VoiceInteractionService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Allows enabling/disabling location update notifications from the radio.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to install a shortcut in Launcher.
Allows an application to capture audio output.
Run as a manufacturer test application, running as the root user.
Allows an application to delete cache files.
Must be required by a PrintService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Allows an application (Phone] to send a request to other applications to handle the respond-via-message action during incoming calls.
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.
This constant was deprecated in API level 23. Use BIND_CARRIER_SERVICES instead
Allows applications to set the wallpaper.
Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.
Allows an application to take screen shots and more generally get access to the frame buffer data.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to read the low-level system log files.
This constant was deprecated in API level 16. The API that used this permission has been removed.
Must be required by an InputMethodService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Must be required by a VpnService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
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.
Allows an application to modify the Google service map.
Must be required by an DreamService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Configure an application for debugging.
Must be required by an NotificationListenerService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Allows an application to control whether activities are immediately finished when put in the background.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows an application to read voicemails in the system.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Allows an application to modify global audio settings.
Allows applications to write the apn settings.
Allows an application to tell the AppWidget service which application can access AppWidget's data.
Allows applications to disable the keyguard if it is not secure.
Required to be able to reboot the device.
Allow an application to request that a signal be sent to all persistent processes.
This permission is no longer supported.
Must be required by an AccessibilityService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Allows an application to install a location provider into the Location Manager.
This constant was deprecated in API level 7. No longer useful, see addPackageToPreferred(String] for details.
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.
Must be required by a TvInputService to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Must be required by a TextService (e.g.
Allows an application to broadcast an SMS receipt notification.
Allows an application to read SMS messages.
