Uses Permissions

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Android devices prompt your users to accept every requested permission when they run your application for the first time.
Application stores such as Google Play may use permissions to filter out applications.
For example, if your application requires the Call phone permission (which is required by default), application stores might not let users install your application on tablets.

For example:

InterBase requires certain permissions:
- Internet: Allows applications to access network sockets. If you are building Client/Server apps accessing remote InterBase databases, this permission is a must-have. This permission is also required by InterBase "call home" silent license registration.
- Read external storage/Write external storage: Allows access to the external storage location where InterBase files, including your database files, are delivered. This permission is required for applications to perform read/write operations.
Some FireMonkey components require certain permissions. For example:
- TCalendarEdit requires Read calendar and Write calendar permissions.
- TLocationSensor requires Access coarse location and Access fine location permissions.

Some Basic Android Permissions are Set for All FireMonkey Android Apps

New Android applications have the following required permissions set by default:

Access coarse location
Access fine location
Call phone
Camera
Internet
Read calendar
Read external storage
Write calendar
Write external storage
Read phone state

INTERNET Permission Is Always Set for the Development Configuration

Your Android apps have several Uses Permissions that are set by default, including the INTERNET permission.

When you build an Android app with the Configuration set to Development (in the Project Manager), the INTERNET permission is always implicitly set, even if you disable the INTERNET permission on Uses Permissions. This is because the RAD Studio debugger requires the INTERNET permission.
For the Application Store configuration, however, you can disable the INTERNET permission using Project > Options > Uses Permissions.

Here is the Project Manager with the Development configuration node set for an Android app:

Dialog Box Field Descriptions

Options	Description
Target, Apply, Save	See Target Options.
Common items	See Common Items on Project Options Pages.

Basic Uses Permissions

The following uses permissions can be used as required for most Android applications. Some of the most commonly used basic permissions are preset by RAD Studio when you create an Android app.

Permission	Description
Access coarse location	Allows an app to access approximate location derived from network location sources such as cell towers and Wi-Fi.
Access fine location	Allows an app to access precise location from location sources such as GPS, cell towers, and Wi-Fi.
Access location extra commands	Allows an application to access extra location provider commands.
Access mock location	Allows an application to create mock location providers for testing.
Access network state	Allows applications to access information about networks.
Access wifi state	Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Add voicemail	Allows an application to add voicemails into the system.
Authenticate accounts	Allows an application to act as an AccountAuthenticator for the AccountManager.
Battery stats	Allows an application to collect battery statistics.
Bind accessibility service	Must be required by an AccessibilityService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Bind device admin	Must be required by device administration receiver, to ensure that only the system can interact with it.
Bind input method	Must be required by an InputMethodService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Bind remoteviews	Must be required by a RemoteViewsService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Bind text service	Must be required by a TextService.
Bind vpn service	Must be required by an VpnService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Bind wallpaper	Must be required by a WallpaperService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
Bluetooth	Allows applications to connect to paired Bluetooth devices.
Bluetooth admin	Allows applications to discover and pair Bluetooth devices.
Broadcast sticky	Allows an application to broadcast sticky intents. These are broadcasts whose data is held by the system after being finished, so that clients can quickly retrieve that data without having to wait for the next broadcast.
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.
Camera	Required to be able to access the camera device.
Change configuration	Allows an application to modify the current configuration, such as locale.
Change network state	Allows applications to change network connectivity state.
Change wifi multicast state	Allows applications to enter Wi-Fi Multicast mode.
Change wifi state	Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Clear app cache	Allows an application to clear the caches of all installed applications on the device.
Disable keyguard	Allows applications to disable the keyguard.
Expand status bar	Allows an application to expand or collapse the status bar.
Flashlight	Allows access to the flashlight.
Get accounts	Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Get package size	Allows an application to find out the space used by any package.
Get tasks	Allows an application to get information about the currently or recently running tasks.
Global search	Allows the global search system to access the data of specific content providers. Typically Global search is used when the provider has some permissions protecting it (which global search would not be expected to hold), and is added as a read-only permission to the path in the provider where global search queries are performed. The Global search permission cannot be held by regular applications; it is used by applications to protect themselves from all other applications except for global search.
Internet	Allows applications to open network sockets.
Kill background processes	Allows an application to call killBackgroundProcesses(String).
Manage accounts	Allows an application to manage the list of accounts in the AccountManager.
Modify audio settings	Allows an application to modify global audio settings.
NFC	Allows applications to perform I/O operations over NFC.
Process outgoing calls	Allows an application to monitor, modify, or abort outgoing calls.
Read calendar	Allows an application to read the user calendar data.
Read call log	Allows an application to read the user call log.
Read contacts	Allows an application to read the user contacts data.
Read external storage	Allows an application to read from external storage.
Read history bookmarks	Allows an application to read (but not write) the user browsing history and bookmarks.
Read phone state	Allows read only access to phone state.
Read profile	Allows an application to read the user personal profile data.
Read SMS	Allows an application to read SMS messages.
Read social stream	Allows an application to read from the user social stream.
Read sync settings	Allows applications to read the sync settings.
Read sync stats	Allows applications to read the sync stats.
Read user dictionary	Allows an application to read the user dictionary.
Receive boot completed	Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Receive MMS	Allows an application to monitor incoming MMS messages, to record or perform processing on them.
Receive SMS	Allows an application to monitor incoming SMS messages, to record or perform processing on them.
Receive WAP push	Allows an application to monitor incoming WAP push messages.
Record audio	Allows an application to record audio.
Reorder tasks	Allows an application to change the Z-order of tasks.
Send SMS	Allows an application to send SMS messages.
Set alarm	Allows an application to broadcast an Intent to set an alarm for the user.
Set time zone	Allows applications to set the system time zone.
Set wallpaper	Allows applications to set the wallpaper.
Set wallpaper hints	Allows applications to set the wallpaper hints.
Subscribed feeds read	Allows an application to allow access the subscribed feeds ContentProvider.
Subscribed feeds write	Allows an application to allow write the subscribed feeds ContentProvider.
System alert window	Allows an application to open windows using the type TYPE_SYSTEM_ALERT, shown on top of all other applications.
Use credentials	Allows an application to request authtokens from the AccountManager.
Use SIP	Allows an application to use SIP service.
Vending billing (In-app Billing)	Allows using the In-app Billing service. See the Android documentation for additional information.
Vibrate	Allows access to the vibrator.
Wake lock	Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Write calendar	Allows an application to write (but not read) the user calendar data.
Write call log	Allows an application to write (but not read) the user contacts data.
Write contacts	Allows an application to write (but not read) the user contacts data.
Write external storage	Allows an application to write to external storage.
Write history bookmarks	Allows an application to write (but not read) the user browsing history and bookmarks.
Write profile	Allows an application to write (but not read) the user personal profile data.
Write settings	Allows an application to read or write the system settings.
Write SMS	Allows an application to write SMS messages.
Write social stream	Allows an application to write (but not read) the user social stream data.
Write sync settings	Allows applications to write the sync settings.
Write user dictionary	Allows an application to write to the user dictionary.

Advanced Uses Permissions

The following uses permissions are only necessary for advanced Android features, and most applications should not need any of them.

Items	Description
Access checkin properties	Allows read/write access to the "properties" table in the checkin database, to change values that get uploaded.
Access surface flinger	Allows an application to use SurfaceFlinger's low level features.
Account manager	Allows applications to call into AccountAuthenticators.
Bind appwidget	Allows an application to tell the AppWidget service which application can access AppWidget data.
Brick	Required to be able to disable the device (very dangerous!).
Broadcast package removed	Allows an application to broadcast a notification that an application package has been removed.
Broadcast sms	Allows an application to broadcast an SMS receipt notification.
Broadcast WAP PUSH	Allows an application to broadcast a WAP PUSH receipt notification.
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.
Change component enabled state	Allows an application to change whether an application component (other than its own) is enabled or not.
Clear app user data	Allows an application to clear user data.
Control location updates	Allows enabling/disabling location update notifications from the radio. Not for use by normal applications.
Delete cache files	Allows an application to delete cache files.
Delete packages	Allows an application to delete packages.
Device power	Allows low-level access to power management.
Diagnostic	Allows applications to RW to diagnostic resources.
DUMP	Allows an application to retrieve state dump information from system services.
Factory test	Run as a manufacturer test application, running as the root user. Only available when the device is running in manufacturer test mode.
Force back	Allows an application to force a BACK operation on whatever is the top activity.
Hardware test	Allows access to hardware peripherals. Intended only for hardware testing.
Inject events	Allows an application to inject user events (keys, touch, trackball) into the event stream and deliver them to ANY window.
Install location provider	Allows an application to install a location provider into the Location Manager.
Install packages	Allows an application to install packages.
Internal system window	Allows an application to open windows that are for use by parts of the system user interface.
Manage application tokens	Allows an application to manage (create, destroy, Z-order) application tokens in the window manager. This is only for use by the system.
Master clear	Allows you to call CheckinService.masterClear(), which resets the device settings to factory defaults and removes any user data.
Modify phone state	Allows modification of the telephony state - power on, mmi, etc. This is only for use by the system.
Mount format filesystems	Allows formatting file systems for removable storage.
Mount unmount filesystems	Allows mounting and unmounting file systems for removable storage.
Read frame buffer	Allows an application to take screen shots and more generally get access to the frame buffer data.
Read logs	Allows an application to read the low-level system log files.
Reboot	Required to be able to reboot the device.
Set activity watcher	Allows an application to watch and control how activities are started globally in the system.
Set always finish	Allows an application to control whether activities are immediately finished when put in the background.
Set animation scale	Modify the global animation scaling factor.
Set debug app	Configure an application for debugging.
Set orientation	Allows low-level access to setting the orientation (actually rotation) of the screen.
Set pointer speed	Allows low-level access to setting the pointer speed.
Set process limit	Allows an application to set the maximum number of (not needed) application processes that can be running.
Set time	Allows applications to set the system time.
Signal persistent processes	Allows an application to request that a signal be sent to all persistent processes.
Status bar	Allows an application to open, close, or disable the status bar and its icons.
Update device stats	Allows an application to update device statistics.
Write apn settings	Allows applications to write the apn settings.
Write Google services	Allows an application to modify the Google service map.
Write secure settings	Allows an application to read or write the secure system settings.

Uses Permissions

Contents

Some Basic Android Permissions are Set for All FireMonkey Android Apps

INTERNET Permission Is Always Set for the Development Configuration

Dialog Box Field Descriptions

Basic Uses Permissions

Advanced Uses Permissions

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