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Keegan
Keegan

Reputation: 12247

Check if "Remove permissions if app is unused" is disabled for a particular app

How can I programmatically determine whether the "Remove permissions if app is unused" setting is enabled or disabled for a particular app?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3045

Answers (2)

Henrique Vasconcellos
Henrique Vasconcellos

Reputation: 1183

You can check whether the user has enabled or not, and you can also request them to disable it.

Check if the user has it enabled:

val future: ListenableFuture<Int> =
    PackageManagerCompat.getUnusedAppRestrictionsStatus(context)
future.addListener(
  { onResult(future.get()) },
   ContextCompat.getMainExecutor(context)
)

fun onResult(appRestrictionsStatus: Int) {
  when (appRestrictionsStatus) {
    // Status could not be fetched. Check logs for details.
    ERROR -> { }

    // Restrictions do not apply to your app on this device.
    FEATURE_NOT_AVAILABLE -> { }
    // Restrictions have been disabled by the user for your app.
    DISABLED -> { }

    // If the user doesn't start your app for months, its permissions 
    // will be revoked and/or it will be hibernated. 
    // See the API_* constants for details.
    API_30_BACKPORT, API_30, API_31 -> 
      handleRestrictions(appRestrictionsStatus)
  }
}

ask to disable it:

fun handleRestrictions(appRestrictionsStatus: Int) {
  // If your app works primarily in the background, you can ask the user
  // to disable these restrictions. Check if you have already asked the
  // user to disable these restrictions. If not, you can show a message to 
  // the user explaining why permission auto-reset and Hibernation should be 
  // disabled. Tell them that they will now be redirected to a page where 
  // they can disable these features.

  Intent intent = IntentCompat.createManageUnusedAppRestrictionsIntent
    (context, packageName)

  // Must use startActivityForResult(), not startActivity(), even if 
  // you don't use the result code returned in onActivityResult().
  startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CODE)
}

Source: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2021/09/making-permissions-auto-reset-available.html

Upvotes: 4

Drew
Drew

Reputation: 11

That's a great question and I'm still trying to determine what that even means.

It appears on my Bixby app that came installed on my Samsung. It goes off at random at least 4 times an hour.

I've disabled it many times and I feel "remove permissions if app is unused" is worded in such a confusing way intentionally with the intention to be invasive.

Upvotes: 0

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