Android Studio is adding me android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS on my manifest

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NullPointerException picture NullPointerException · Aug 23, 2015 · Viewed 12k times · Source

When i compile my app for release, a new permission called USE_CREDENTIALS is being added to my manifest.

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

Why? What is this permission? i can't find any official info about it on android developers guide!

Thanks

Answer

CommonsWare picture CommonsWare · Aug 23, 2015

Why?

You are probably getting it via some library that you are using.

What is this permission?

It is used, prior to Android 6.0, for using things like AccountManager.

i can't find any official info about it on android developers guide!

That is because Google got rid of this permission in Android 6.0, and the documentation at http://developer.android.com does a really poor job of dealing with removed API elements.

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