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page.title=<permission>
parent.title=The AndroidManifest.xml File
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<dl class="xml">
<dt>syntax:</dt></dt>
<dd><pre class="stx">&lt;permission android:<a href="#desc">description</a>="<i>string resource</i>"
android:<a href="#icon">icon</a>="<i>drawable resource</i>"
android:<a href="#label">label</a>="<i>string resource</i>"
android:<a href="#nm">name</a>="<i>string</i>"
android:<a href="#pgroup">permissionGroup</a>="<i>string</i>"
android:<a href="#plevel">protectionLevel</a>=["normal" | "dangerous" |
"signature" | "signatureOrSystem"] /&gt;</pre></dd>
<dt>contained in:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/manifest-element.html">&lt;manifest&gt;</a></code></dd>
<dt>description:</dt>
<dd>Declares a security permission that can be used to limit access
to specific components or features of this or other applications.
See the <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro.html#perms">Permissions</a>
section in the introduction,
and the <a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/security/security.html">Security and Permissions</a>
document for more information on how permissions work.</dd>
<dt>attributes:</dt>
<dd><dl class="attr">
<dt><a name="desc"></a>{@code android:description}</dt>
<dd>A user-readable description of the permission, longer and more
informative than the label. It may be displayed to explain the
permission to the user &mdash; for example, when the user is asked
whether to grant the permission to another application.
<p>
This attribute must be set as a reference to a string resource;
unlike the {@code label} attribute, it cannot be a raw string.
</p></dd>
<dt><a name="icon"></a>{@code android:icon}</dt>
<dd>A reference to a drawable resource for an icon that represents the
permission.</dd>
<dt><a name="label"></a>{@code android:label}</dt>
<dd>A name for the permission, one that can be displayed to users.
<p>
As a convenience, the label can be directly set
as a raw string while you're developing the application. However,
when the application is ready to be published, it should be set as a
reference to a string resource, so that it can be localized like other
strings in the user interface.
</p></dd>
<dt><a name="nm"></a>{@code android:name}</dt>
<dd>The name of the permission. This is the name that will be used in
code to refer to the permission &mdash; for example, in a
<code><a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/uses-permission-element.html">&lt;uses-permission&gt;</a></code> element and the
{@code permission} attributes of application components.
<p>
The name must be unique, so it should use Java-style scoping &mdash;
for example, "{@code com.example.project.PERMITTED_ACTION}".
</p></dd>
<dt><a name="pgroup"></a>{@code android:permissionGroup}</dt>
<dd>Assigns this permission to a group. The value of this attribute is
the name of the group, which must be declared with the
<code><a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/permission-group-element.html">&lt;permission-group&gt;</a></code> element in this
or another application. If this attribute is not set, the permission
does not belong to a group.</dd>
<dt><a name="plevel"></a>{@code android:protectionLevel}</dt>
<dd>Characterizes the potential risk implied in the permission and
indicates the procedure the system should follow when determining
whether or not to grant the permission to an application requesting it.
The value can be set to one of the following strings:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Value</th>
<th>Meaning</th>
</tr><tr>
<td>"{@code normal}"</td>
<td>The default value. A lower-risk permission that gives requesting
applications access to isolated application-level features, with
minimal risk to other applications, the system, or the user.
The system automatically grants this type
of permission to a requesting application at installation, without
asking for the user's explicit approval (though the user always
has the option to review these permissions before installing).
</tr><tr>
<td>"{@code dangerous}"</td>
<td>A higher-risk permission that would give a requesting application
access to private user data or control over the device that can
negatively impact the user. Because this type of permission
introduces potential risk, the system may not automatically
grant it to the requesting application. For example, any dangerous
permissions requested by an application may be displayed to the
user and require confirmation before proceeding, or some other
approach may be taken to avoid the user automatically allowing
the use of such facilities.
</tr><tr>
<td>"{@code signature}"</td>
<td>A permission that the system grants only if the requesting
application is signed with the same certificate as the application
that declared the permission. If the certificates match, the system
automatically grants the permission without notifying the user or
asking for the user's explicit approval.
</tr><tr>
<td>"{@code signatureOrSystem}"</td>
<td>A permission that the system grants only to applications that are
in the Android system image <em>or</em> that are signed with the same
certificates as those in the system image. Please avoid using this
option, as the {@code signature} protection level should be sufficient
for most needs and works regardless of exactly where applications are
installed. The "{@code signatureOrSystem}"
permission is used for certain special situations where multiple
vendors have applications built into a system image and need
to share specific features explicitly because they are being built
together.
</tr>
</table>
</dd>
</dl></dd>
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<dt>introduced in:</dt>
<dd>API Level 1</dd>
<dt>see also:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/uses-permission-element.html">&lt;uses-permission&gt;</a></code>
<br/><code><a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/permission-tree-element.html">&lt;permission-tree&gt;</a></code>
<br/><code><a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/permission-group-element.html">&lt;permission-group&gt;</a></code></dd>
</dd>
</dl>