Constants

String |
ACCESS_CHECKIN_PROPERTIES
| Allows read/write access to the “properties” table in the checkin database,
to change values that get uploaded.
String |
ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
| Allows an app to access approximate location derived from network location
sources such as cell towers and Wi-Fi.
String |
ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
| Allows an app to access precise location from location sources such as GPS,
cell towers, and Wi-Fi.
String |
ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS
| Allows an application to access extra location provider commands
String |
ACCESS_MOCK_LOCATION
| Allows an application to create mock location providers for testing
String |
ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
| Allows applications to access information about networks
String |
ACCESS_SURFACE_FLINGER
| Allows an application to use SurfaceFlinger’s low level features.
String |
ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
| Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks
String |
ACCOUNT_MANAGER
| Allows applications to call into AccountAuthenticators.
String |
ADD_VOICEMAIL
| Allows an application to add voicemails into the system.
String |
AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS
| Allows an application to act as an AccountAuthenticator for the
AccountManager
String |
BATTERY_STATS
| Allows an application to collect battery statistics
String |
BIND_ACCESSIBILITY_SERVICE
| Must be required by an [ AccessibilityService ](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityService.html) , to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
String |
BIND_APPWIDGET
| Allows an application to tell the AppWidget service which application can
access AppWidget’s data.
String |
BIND_DEVICE_ADMIN
| Must be required by device administration receiver, to ensure that only the
system can interact with it.
String |
BIND_INPUT_METHOD
| Must be required by an [ InputMethodService ](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/inputmethodservice/InputMethodService.html) , to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
String |
BIND_NFC_SERVICE
| Must be required by a [ HostApduService ](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/nfc/cardemulation/HostApduService.html) or [ OffHostApduService ](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/nfc/cardemulation/OffHostApduService.html) to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
String |
BIND_NOTIFICATION_LISTENER_SERVICE
| Must be required by an [ NotificationListenerService ](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/service/notification/NotificationListenerService.html) , to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
String |
BIND_PRINT_SERVICE
| Must be required by a [ PrintService ](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/printservice/PrintService.html) , to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
String |
BIND_REMOTEVIEWS
| Must be required by a [ RemoteViewsService ](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/RemoteViewsService.html) , to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
String |
BIND_TEXT_SERVICE
| Must be required by a TextService (e.g.
String |
BIND_VPN_SERVICE
| Must be required by a [ VpnService ](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/VpnService.html) , to
ensure that only the system can bind to it.
String |
BIND_WALLPAPER
| Must be required by a [ WallpaperService ](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/service/wallpaper/WallpaperService.html) , to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
String |
BLUETOOTH
| Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices
String |
BLUETOOTH_ADMIN
| Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices
String |
BLUETOOTH_PRIVILEGED
| Allows applications to pair bluetooth devices without user interaction.
String |
BRICK
| Required to be able to disable the device (very dangerous!).
String |
BROADCAST_PACKAGE_REMOVED
| Allows an application to broadcast a notification that an application
package has been removed.
String |
BROADCAST_SMS
| Allows an application to broadcast an SMS receipt notification.
String |
BROADCAST_STICKY
| Allows an application to broadcast sticky intents.
String |
BROADCAST_WAP_PUSH
| Allows an application to broadcast a WAP PUSH receipt notification.
String |
CALL_PHONE
| Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the
Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call being placed.
String |
CALL_PRIVILEGED
| Allows an application to call any phone number, including emergency
numbers, without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to
confirm the call being placed.
String |
CAMERA
| Required to be able to access the camera device.
String |
CAPTURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT
| Allows an application to capture audio output.
String |
CAPTURE_SECURE_VIDEO_OUTPUT
| Allows an application to capture secure video output.
String |
CAPTURE_VIDEO_OUTPUT
| Allows an application to capture video output.
String |
CHANGE_COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE
| Allows an application to change whether an application component (other
than its own) is enabled or not.
String |
CHANGE_CONFIGURATION
| Allows an application to modify the current configuration, such as locale.
String |
CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
| Allows applications to change network connectivity state
String |
CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE
| Allows applications to enter Wi-Fi Multicast mode
String |
CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
| Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state
String |
CLEAR_APP_CACHE
| Allows an application to clear the caches of all installed applications on
the device.
String |
CLEAR_APP_USER_DATA
| Allows an application to clear user data.
String |
CONTROL_LOCATION_UPDATES
| Allows enabling/disabling location update notifications from the radio.
String |
DELETE_CACHE_FILES
| Allows an application to delete cache files.
String |
DELETE_PACKAGES
| Allows an application to delete packages.
String |
DEVICE_POWER
| Allows low-level access to power management.
String |
DIAGNOSTIC
| Allows applications to RW to diagnostic resources.
String |
DISABLE_KEYGUARD
| Allows applications to disable the keyguard
String |
DUMP
| Allows an application to retrieve state dump information from system
services.
String |
EXPAND_STATUS_BAR
| Allows an application to expand or collapse the status bar.
String |
FACTORY_TEST
| Run as a manufacturer test application, running as the root user.
String |
FLASHLIGHT
| Allows access to the flashlight
String |
FORCE_BACK
| Allows an application to force a BACK operation on whatever is the top
activity.
String |
GET_ACCOUNTS
| Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service
String |
GET_PACKAGE_SIZE
| Allows an application to find out the space used by any package.
String |
GET_TASKS
| Allows an application to get information about the currently or recently
running tasks.
String |
GET_TOP_ACTIVITY_INFO
| Allows an application to retrieve private information about the current top
activity, such as any assist context it can provide.
String |
GLOBAL_SEARCH
| This permission can be used on content providers to allow the global search
system to access their data.
String |
HARDWARE_TEST
| Allows access to hardware peripherals.
String |
INJECT_EVENTS
| Allows an application to inject user events (keys, touch, trackball) into
the event stream and deliver them to ANY window.
String |
INSTALL_LOCATION_PROVIDER
| Allows an application to install a location provider into the Location
Manager.
String |
INSTALL_PACKAGES
| Allows an application to install packages.
String |
INSTALL_SHORTCUT
| Allows an application to install a shortcut in Launcher
String |
INTERNAL_SYSTEM_WINDOW
| Allows an application to open windows that are for use by parts of the
system user interface.
String |
INTERNET
| Allows applications to open network sockets.
String |
KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES
| Allows an application to call [ killBackgroundProcesses(String) ](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ActivityManager.html#killBackgroundProcesses%28java.lang.String%29) .
String |
LOCATION_HARDWARE
| Allows an application to use location features in hardware, such as the
geofencing api.
String |
MANAGE_ACCOUNTS
| Allows an application to manage the list of accounts in the AccountManager
String |
MANAGE_APP_TOKENS
| Allows an application to manage (create, destroy, Z-order) application
tokens in the window manager.
String |
MANAGE_DOCUMENTS
| Allows an application to manage access to documents, usually as part of a
document picker.
String |
MASTER_CLEAR
| Not for use by third-party applications.
String |
MEDIA_CONTENT_CONTROL
| Allows an application to know what content is playing and control its
playback.
String |
MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
| Allows an application to modify global audio settings
String |
MODIFY_PHONE_STATE
| Allows modification of the telephony state - power on, mmi, etc.
String |
MOUNT_FORMAT_FILESYSTEMS
| Allows formatting file systems for removable storage.
String |
MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS
| Allows mounting and unmounting file systems for removable storage.
String |
NFC
| Allows applications to perform I/O operations over NFC
String |
PERSISTENT_ACTIVITY
| This constant was deprecated in API level 9. This functionality will be
removed in the future; please do not use. Allow an application to make its
activities persistent.
String |
PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS
| Allows an application to monitor, modify, or abort outgoing calls.
String |
READ_CALENDAR
| Allows an application to read the user’s calendar data.
String |
READ_CALL_LOG
| Allows an application to read the user’s call log.
String |
READ_CONTACTS
| Allows an application to read the user’s contacts data.
String |
READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
| Allows an application to read from external storage.
String |
READ_FRAME_BUFFER
| Allows an application to take screen shots and more generally get access to
the frame buffer data.
String |
READ_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS
| Allows an application to read (but not write) the user’s browsing history
and bookmarks.
String |
READ_INPUT_STATE
| This constant was deprecated in API level 16. The API that used this
permission has been removed.
String |
READ_LOGS
| Allows an application to read the low-level system log files.
String |
READ_PHONE_STATE
| Allows read only access to phone state.
String |
READ_PROFILE
| Allows an application to read the user’s personal profile data.
String |
READ_SMS
| Allows an application to read SMS messages.
String |
READ_SOCIAL_STREAM
| Allows an application to read from the user’s social stream.
String |
READ_SYNC_SETTINGS
| Allows applications to read the sync settings
String |
READ_SYNC_STATS
| Allows applications to read the sync stats
String |
READ_USER_DICTIONARY
| Allows an application to read the user dictionary.
String |
REBOOT
| Required to be able to reboot the device.
String |
RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
| Allows an application to receive the [ ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED ](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED) that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
String |
RECEIVE_MMS
| Allows an application to monitor incoming MMS messages, to record or
perform processing on them.
String |
RECEIVE_SMS
| Allows an application to monitor incoming SMS messages, to record or
perform processing on them.
String |
RECEIVE_WAP_PUSH
| Allows an application to monitor incoming WAP push messages.
String |
RECORD_AUDIO
| Allows an application to record audio
String |
REORDER_TASKS
| Allows an application to change the Z-order of tasks
String |
RESTART_PACKAGES
| _This constant was deprecated in API level 8. The[ restartPackage(String) ](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ActivityManager.html#restartPackage%28java.lang.String%29) API is no longer supported. _
String |
SEND_RESPOND_VIA_MESSAGE
| Allows an application (Phone) to send a request to other applications to
handle the respond-via-message action during incoming calls.
String |
SEND_SMS
| Allows an application to send SMS messages.
String |
SET_ACTIVITY_WATCHER
| Allows an application to watch and control how activities are started
globally in the system.
String |
SET_ALARM
| Allows an application to broadcast an Intent to set an alarm for the user.
String |
SET_ALWAYS_FINISH
| Allows an application to control whether activities are immediately
finished when put in the background.
String |
SET_ANIMATION_SCALE
| Modify the global animation scaling factor.
String |
SET_DEBUG_APP
| Configure an application for debugging.
String |
SET_ORIENTATION
| Allows low-level access to setting the orientation (actually rotation) of
the screen.
String |
SET_POINTER_SPEED
| Allows low-level access to setting the pointer speed.
String |
SET_PREFERRED_APPLICATIONS
| _This constant was deprecated in API level 7. No longer useful, see[ addPackageToPreferred(String) ](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html#addPackageToPreferred%28java.lang.String%29) for details. _
String |
SET_PROCESS_LIMIT
| Allows an application to set the maximum number of (not needed) application
processes that can be running.
String |
SET_TIME
| Allows applications to set the system time.
String |
SET_TIME_ZONE
| Allows applications to set the system time zone
String |
SET_WALLPAPER
| Allows applications to set the wallpaper
String |
SET_WALLPAPER_HINTS
| Allows applications to set the wallpaper hints
String |
SIGNAL_PERSISTENT_PROCESSES
| Allow an application to request that a signal be sent to all persistent
processes.
String |
STATUS_BAR
| Allows an application to open, close, or disable the status bar and its
icons.
String |
SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_READ
| Allows an application to allow access the subscribed feeds ContentProvider.
String |
SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_WRITE
|
String |
SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
| Allows an application to open windows using the type [ TYPE_SYSTEM_ALERT ](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/WindowManager.LayoutParams.html#TYPE_SYSTEM_ALERT) , shown on top of all other applications.
String |
TRANSMIT_IR
| Allows using the device’s IR transmitter, if available
String |
UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT
| Allows an application to uninstall a shortcut in Launcher
String |
UPDATE_DEVICE_STATS
| Allows an application to update device statistics.
String |
USE_CREDENTIALS
| Allows an application to request authtokens from the AccountManager
String |
USE_SIP
| Allows an application to use SIP service
String |
VIBRATE
| Allows access to the vibrator
String |
WAKE_LOCK
| Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or
screen from dimming
String |
WRITE_APN_SETTINGS
| Allows applications to write the apn settings.
String |
WRITE_CALENDAR
| Allows an application to write (but not read) the user’s calendar data.
String |
WRITE_CALL_LOG
| Allows an application to write (but not read) the user’s contacts data.
String |
WRITE_CONTACTS
| Allows an application to write (but not read) the user’s contacts data.
String |
WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
| Allows an application to write to external storage.
String |
WRITE_GSERVICES
| Allows an application to modify the Google service map.
String |
WRITE_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS
| Allows an application to write (but not read) the user’s browsing history
and bookmarks.
String |
WRITE_PROFILE
| Allows an application to write (but not read) the user’s personal profile
data.
String |
WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
| Allows an application to read or write the secure system settings.
String |
WRITE_SETTINGS
| Allows an application to read or write the system settings.
String |
WRITE_SMS
| Allows an application to write SMS messages.
String |
WRITE_SOCIAL_STREAM
| Allows an application to write (but not read) the user’s social stream
data.
String |
WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS
| Allows applications to write the sync settings
String |
WRITE_USER_DICTIONARY
| Allows an application to write to the user dictionary.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html