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Reputation: 816

Installer is not showing all the permissions I request (Android)

This is my section of permissions of my manifest:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 package="com.adelco.ventamovil"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.DELETE_PACKAGES"></uses-permission>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"></uses-permission>

But when I try to install the package, the wizzard only shows the Internet and Write External Storage permissions.

The DDMS perspective throws this warning message when I install the application:

03-28 10:48:36.627: WARN/PackageManager(144): Not granting permission android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES to package com.adelco.ventamovil (protectionLevel=3 flags=0xbe44)

03-28 10:48:36.627: WARN/PackageManager(144): Not granting permission android.permission.DELETE_PACKAGES to package com.adelco.ventamovil (protectionLevel=3 flags=0xbe44)

What is happening here....?

Thanks!!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2136

Answers (3)

Jeffrey Blattman
Jeffrey Blattman

Reputation: 22637

Sorry,

Install, delete packages are system permissions. You won't be able to obtain them unless your app is signed with the device's platform certificate (which is impossible unless you have access to the manufacturer's signing cert).

As you can imagine, that'd be a serious security problem if an arbitrary application could silently install other applications.

The best you can do is send the user to the package install page and let them take action if they wish. Take a look at this action intent you can send to start this process for install,

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE

and for uninstall,

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_UNINSTALL_PACKAGE

Upvotes: 4

Leo
Leo

Reputation: 38190

INSTALL_PACKAGES and DELETE_PACKAGES are either in the group signature or signatureOrSystem and thus can't be granted to an "ordinary" app:

A permission that the system grants only to applications that are in the Android system image or that are signed with the same certificates as those in the system image

See android:protectionLevel.

Upvotes: 4

Manitoba
Manitoba

Reputation: 8702

Did you put your permissions like that?

<manifest
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.your.package"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.DELETE_PACKAGES" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

Upvotes: -1

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