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Mike James Johnson
Mike James Johnson

Reputation: 734

Google Play Services adding unwanted permissions

AFter reading the following question: Why are permissions being automatically added to my AndroidManifest when including Google Play Services library I realized that I need to change my compiled items in build.gradle.

currently I have compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.5.0' but this is adding so many unnecessary permissions like location, permission to read and write to SD card, full network access, view network connections,etc. I am only using Google Play Services for leaderboards and achievements in my game. So I don't think I need any of those permissions on my app.

So what should I compile instead? I have to list the specific services, but I am unable to find a list of services so that I can pick and choose.

It would be something like:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-achievements7.5.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-leaderboards7.5.0'

I want as few permissions as possible for a game that only uses these services on Google Play.

I also have these permissions declared in my Manifest:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />

Can anyone provide me with the proper services to compile?

UPDATE Here is my build.gradle file:

    apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 22
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "mjj.fling"
        minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 22
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

`dependencies {
    compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')

    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-games:7.5.0'
    compile project(':BaseGameUtils')

    apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'`

}


FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

And here is my error I get when I rebuild project.

BUILD FAILED

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2397

Answers (1)

zerobasedindex
zerobasedindex

Reputation: 1341

Checkout https://developers.google.com/android/guides/setup for information from Google how to set up Play Services. Especially checkout the subsection titled Selectively compiling APIs into your executable. It shows you how to breakdown which services to compile in. You'll probably want to use just the games one:

com.google.android.gms:play-services-games:7.5.0

In addition to using fewer permissions, it'll also reduce your APK size and method count, both good things to do anyways instead of pulling in the whole Play Services library.

Upvotes: 3

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