I have two applications.
One is declaring permission and having single Activity
:
Part of AndroidManifest.xml
<application
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:permission="your.namespace.permission.TEST" >
<activity
android:name=".DeclaringPermissionActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data android:scheme="myapp"
android:host="myapp.mycompany.com" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
The second declares that is uses permission
Part of AndroidManifest.xml
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" />
<uses-permission android:name="your.namespace.permission.TEST" />
<application
Part of Activity
:
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("myapp://myapp.mycompany.com/index")));
}
I'm installing the application declaring permission, then I run the second application.
In a result I get security exception:
01-11 09:46:55.249: E/AndroidRuntime(347): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{your.namespace2/your.namespace2.UsingPErmissionActivity}: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: starting Intent { act=android.intent.action.VIEW dat=myapp://myapp.mycompany.com/index cmp=your.namespace/.DeclaringPermissionActivity } from ProcessRecord{407842c0 347:your.namespace2/10082} (pid=347, uid=10082) requires your.namespace.permission.TEST
I created a test code you can use it and test your permissions. There are two applications PermissionTestClient which declares permission and protects its activity with this permission. Here is its manifest file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.testpackage.permissiontestclient"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" />
<permission android:name="com.testpackage.mypermission" android:label="my_permission" android:protectionLevel="dangerous"></permission>
<application
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<activity
android:permission="com.testpackage.mypermission"
android:name=".PermissionTestClientActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
<intent-filter >
<action android:name="com.testpackage.permissiontestclient.MyAction" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
There is nothing special in Activity file so I will not show it here.
PermissionTestServer application calls activity from PermissionTestClient. Here is its manifest file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.testpackage.mypermission"/>
<application
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<activity
android:name=".PermissionTestServerActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
And Activity:
package com.testpackage.permissiontestserver;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
public class PermissionTestServerActivity extends Activity {
private static final String TAG = "PermissionTestServerActivity";
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
Button btnTest;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
btnTest = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnTest);
btnTest.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Log.d(TAG, "Button pressed!");
Intent in = new Intent();
in.setAction("com.testpackage.permissiontestclient.MyAction");
in.addCategory("android.intent.category.DEFAULT");
startActivity(in);
}
});
}
}
To test it just remove uses-permission from Server application. You'll get security violation error.