Differences between Uses-Permission and Permissions tag in AndroidManifest.xml
AndroidAndroid Problem Overview
What is the difference between Uses-Permission
and Permissions
tag in AndroidManifest.xml .
I understood uses-permission
tag as it is used to access Internet,Location from our application. But I did not understand when and why should we use permissions tag in Manifest file and what is its difference from uses-permission
.
Android Solutions
Solution 1 - Android
Quoting the documentation:
> To enforce your own permissions, you
> must first declare them in your
> AndroidManifest.xml
using one or more
> <permission>
tags. For example, an application that wants to control who can start one of its activities could declare a permission for this operation as follows:
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.me.app.myapp" >
<permission android:name="com.me.app.myapp.permission.DEADLY_ACTIVITY"
android:label="@string/permlab_deadlyActivity"
android:description="@string/permdesc_deadlyActivity"
android:permissionGroup="android.permission-group.COST_MONEY"
android:protectionLevel="dangerous" />
</manifest>
Hence, <uses-permission>
is when your application is seeking the user's permission to use some feature, while <permission>
is when your application is requiring other apps to seek the user's permission to use some feature of yours.
Solution 2 - Android
Simply:
-
<permission>
is for defining a custom permission. -
<uses-permission>
is for using a permission in your app.
You may also be interested in security problems with custom permissions as of Feb. 2018. Their explanation of permissions in section 2 seemed far more clear to me than the documentation.