page.title=Normal Permissions page.tags=permissions,normal @jd:body

Key classes

  1. {@link android.Manifest.permission}

See Also

  1. Working with System Permissions

Many permissions are designated as {@link android.content.pm.PermissionInfo#PROTECTION_NORMAL PROTECTION_NORMAL}, which indicates that there's no great risk to the user's privacy or security in letting apps have those permissions. For example, users would reasonably want to know whether an app can read their contact information, so users have to grant this permission explicitly. By contrast, there's no great risk in allowing an app to vibrate the device, so that permission is designated as normal.

If an app declares in its manifest that it needs a normal permission, the system automatically grants the app that permission at install time. The system does not prompt the user to grant normal permissions, and users cannot revoke these permissions.

As of API level 23, the following permissions are classified as {@link android.content.pm.PermissionInfo#PROTECTION_NORMAL PROTECTION_NORMAL}: