Android App reports "not installed" due to permission error - android

On a tablet I installed a apk develloped in Eclipse under Ubuntu. The App works on the AVD and is already installed on a phone and working.
The installation of the apk gives no error, however when starting the App it gives a "not installed" toast message.
In the aLogCat output I see a Permission denial message of the Launcher for WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE. Note that the USB connection is not connected when I started the App.
Furthermore I noticed the following line in aLogCat and I noted that the "-1" was added to the package name.
New package installed in /data/app/com.company.AppName-1.apk
In the manifest the lines
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="15" />
are in the manifest block and
<android:permission="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE">
in the application block.
Why is this working on a Android 2.3 phone and in a Android 4.0.3 AVD, but not on a Android 4.0.3 tablet?
Platform info: Eclipse 3.7.2, Tablet: Yarvik TAB461EUK; Installed with "ES File Explorer"

Try removing the permission from the application block. I dont know for sure but from personal experience ICS do not support permission attribute in application block which has already been defined in the main block. It inherits from the main block. Please tell if that solves the problem.
I dont know why it works on the AVD, may be because AVD do not have any external storage.

Related documentation:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro.html describes the permission element only for the main manifest block (now)
Changes per version states:
HONEYCOMB: When an application requires a permission to access one of its components (activity, receiver, service, provider), this permission is no longer enforced when the application wants to access its own component. This means it can require a permission on a component that it does not itself hold and still access that component.
Activity states:
The name of a permission that clients must have to launch the activity or otherwise get it to respond to an intent. If a caller of startActivity() or startActivityForResult() has not been granted the specified permission, its intent will not be delivered to the activity.
If this attribute is not set, the permission set by the element's permission attribute applies to the activity. If neither attribute is set, the activity is not protected by a permission.
Not very clear to me

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ARCore App terminates after revoking camera permissions from android settings

Like the title of my question already tells:
I got an android app which makes use of ARCore.
I make also use of ARCores Sceneform.
Everything works fine but when I tested my app I went to the android settings while my ARCore app was running in the background, revoked the camera permissions and my app immediately stopped running without any error message.
In the Android Studio log I only get the message 'Application terminated'.
On my phone the app just closes without any message.
How can I prevent this?
I got this error with ARCore 1.3 and 1.4.
In your AndroidManifest.xml probably you has this line <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.ar" android:required="true"/> put as false
Then on your onResume activity you need to create a function to check the permissions, ask for permissions if don't has and deal with the exception when the user don't give or remove the permissions.
More info how check, ask and handl permissions:
https://developer.android.com/training/permissions/requesting#java

Android security expression is thrown even after mentioned in manifest file

I'm using Android Studio 1.3.2 on win7(64-bit) machine, developing application with kitkat (API level 23).
I'm trying to set brightness using seekbar control and have mentioned permission in manifest file as below
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS" />
Now i'm getting the below exception
java.lang.SecurityException: com.sam.shmiandan.androidbrightness was not granted this permission: android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
How can I solve below error ?
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Note : You are using API 23 level which is not Kitkat.
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To use WRITE_SETTINGS, based on the docs:
Have the element in the manifest as normal..
Call Settings.System.canWrite() to see if you are eligible to write out settings.
If canWrite() returns false, start up the ACTION_MANAGE_WRITE_SETTINGS activity so the user can agree there to allow your app to actually write to settings.
IOW, writing to settings is now a double-opt-in (agree to install, agree separately in Settings to allow), akin to device admin APIs, accessibility services, etc.
Also note that I have not tried using these yet — this is based on research that I did yesterday on Android 6.0 changes
Reference : Can't get WRITE_SETTINGS permission

At what point does the system check for the Android Manifest?

Does the Android Manifest check for the available components to be used before an application starts running, or does the system check for the Android Manifest every time a new component is being instantiated? By components I mean activities, services, etc...
What is the process involved?
Also, can an application still go back and forth to check on the android manifest even after it is running to check on xml activity attributes such as the android:name, android:label, or even intent filters, for different purposes such as to see whether a component to be used has already been defined?
Well to say it in a simple way-
Manifest contains permission like- "SD card read/write permission". So, while installing an app if you don't have a SD card than your won't get installed.
Again manifest contains "minimum SDK version"- which checks what OS version you have in your mobile, if your mobile OS version is less than the minimum version defined in manifest than the app won't install in your mobile.
In the manifest you have a list of all the activities and services too. So, without adding these in the manifest- your activities/services wont work.
So, these sort of checking and permissions are in manifest - the information the system must have before it can run any of the app's code.
Hope i have been able to keep it short and simple :-D
The manifest is a part of the app - it gets packaged with the app in its installation APK.
The manifest tells the system what APIs the application will use. When the app is installed, the system tells the user what sets of potentially sensitive APIs the application will use (as listed int he manifest) and if the user allows the app to be installed the system then assumes that the use of those APIs is permitted.
The OS will not permit the app to use other sensitive APIs that the app did not declare in the manifest.
Android Manifest file contains important information like the Java package name of the application, permissions, descriptions about activities,services... The system must have these information before running the app code.By this reason, the system doesn´t check the Android Manifest in runtime.
More here:
Android Manifest - Android Developer

Does Eclipse automatically set "uses-permissions" in Manifest?

I know it's a simple question but I can't find any answer. Well actually it's three related questions:
If my code requires a uses-permission manifest element, does Eclipse automatically add it to the manifest?
If Eclipse doesn't automatically add it, how do I know which permissions my app needs? Of course there is this list, but it's hard to go though this list checking if what my app does falls within each of these permissions.
If Eclipse doesn't automatically add the permission and I fail to do it, how will I find out? Will the app fail to install on the emulator? Will it install on the emulator but be force-closed when trying to access something it doesn't have permissions for? Or do I have to install the apk on a real device in order to find out?
If my code requires a uses-permission manifest element, does Eclipse automatically add it to the manifest?
No.
how do I know which permissions my app needs?
Generally, by reading the JavaDocs, which do a decent job of pointing out what permissions you need. Otherwise, you will find out in testing, when your app crashes with a SecurityException.
If Eclipse doesn't automatically add the permission and I fail to do it, how will I find out?
See above.
Will it install on the emulator but be force-closed when trying to access something it doesn't have permissions for?
Correct.
Eclipse will not add permissions automatically. However, if you try to use a feature that requires permission, you will be made aware of the missing permission. Here's an excerpt from android resource page on Permissions: Link
Often times a permission failure will result in a SecurityException
being thrown back to the application. However, this is not guaranteed
to occur everywhere. For example, the sendBroadcast(Intent) method
checks permissions as data is being delivered to each receiver, after
the method call has returned, so you will not receive an exception if
there are permission failures. In almost all cases, however, a
permission failure will be printed to the system log.
Your third question is answered by:
In almost all cases, however, a permission failure will be printed to
the system log.
Just in case you're wondering about what you would see in Logcat:
11-20 08:08:47.766: E/AndroidRuntime(9380):
java.lang.SecurityException: Need BLUETOOTH permission: Neither user
10111 nor current process has android.permission.BLUETOOTH.
Eclipse does not automatically add the uses-permission to your manifest. I once had forgot to add a permission and had my app fail when it got to that part of the code. I can't remember the exact error but it did mention that a permission was required to use the method I tried using and I believe that it told me what permission.
If you don't add one in then you will soon find out.

Define a permission for third-party apps to use in Android

I want to define a permission in my Android app, and let other third-party apps to use. This permission is used to restrict calling of my modules. That is, third-party apps must request the right permission to call my module, just like using system permissions defined by Android system, android.permission.INTERNET or so.
In my test, I defined the permission in my app, say "my.apps.permission.my_permission", and then install it on emulator. In some of my Activities, android:permission="my.apps.permission.my_permission" property is added. This property forces the apps calling my activities must have the right permission "my.apps.permission.my_permission". Then in a test app, request the permission in AndroidManifest.xml, <uses-permission android:name="my.apps.permission.my_permission" />
The problem is, in the test app, which will call my permission-required activities, when I call startActivity(), I got a SecurityException : Permission Denied. But, if I defined a permission with the same name in the test app, everything works fine.
And, the followings are my conclusions:
1) It seems that, the permission defined in my app, "my.apps.permission.my_permission", is not visible to other third-party apps. How to make it visible, so that other apps can use my permission just like the ones defined in Android system?
2) Even is visible, Android won't check user-defined permissions with name conflicting.(I test this by define a permission with name "android.permission.INTERNET" in test app and overrides the system-defined one, and require "android.permission.INTERNET" in my app, and still, everything works fine.) If so, every other apps can define a permission with the same name that my module requires, and cheat my app. Is that right?
Anyone can help?
Thanks a lot!
I got the answer.
My own app, which defined the permission for other apps to use, must be installed before other apps who want to use my permissions. Otherwise, those apps must be re-installed, to use my permissions. No other operations or codes are needed, just <uses-permission android:name="my.apps.permission.my_permission" />, the same as other system defined permissions.
And, several apps may define permissions with the same name, conflicting with each other. The first installed app occupies the conflicting permission name, others won't overwrite or change the original permission.

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