Must remove QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission but cannot find it

Question

Google Play Console (App Content section) declares that my published app makes use of

android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES

and I want to remove this permission.

I checked my AndroidManifest.xml and the Merged Manifest but I cannot find it.

Where should I look at to find all permissions included by dependencies, libraries, ecc.? Thank you.

you can follow my answer in another question https://stackoverflow.com/a/75424854/6748623 — Taqi Tahmid Tanzil, Feb 12 '23 at 04:16

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered May 13 '22 at 14:12

9

I didn't find exactly where this permission was requested, but there is a simple way to remove it definitely: add this to AndroidManifest.xml

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES" tools:node="remove" />

answered May 13 '22 at 14:12

mdicosimo

How did you update the app content to remove the permission from the declaration? – MartaGalve Jul 01 '22 at 08:39
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I uploaded a new version to the Google Play Store – mdicosimo Jul 17 '22 at 05:52
@mdicosimo does Playstore able to approve your latest version? – eyeshield21 Jul 24 '22 at 08:23
Yes, it seems so... – mdicosimo Jul 25 '22 at 15:19
@mdicosimo is it approved? Please let me know. I will also try this solution after that. – Chetan Goyal Jul 28 '22 at 07:22
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It didn't work for me. Google Playstore declined my release. – Chetan Goyal Jul 31 '22 at 18:23
Just a note, when doing this you also need to make sure xlmns:tools is declared in your manifest header or else you may get an error like I did. Explained more in this post: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55334431/facing-below-error-toolsnode-associated-with-an-element-type-uses-permission – most200 Aug 12 '22 at 19:43
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I tried too, this solution not works at all. my app get rejected again. – Dhiren Basra Sep 01 '22 at 04:55
if you are trying to replace a track in production, you need to change the gradual release to 100%. Only then your version is approved – Paulo Gonçalves Dec 12 '22 at 16:57

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 03 '22 at 15:27

1

Also remember to check if in the alpha, beta, etc. tests. upload update that no longer has sensitive permissions. https://bapspatil.medium.com/dear-googles-permissions-declaration-form-can-we-break-up-85bc6b62f690

answered Aug 03 '22 at 15:27

AlexTapia007

you should check in imported library in your projects gradles files – Gaurav Mandlik Aug 08 '22 at 12:52

score -7 · Answer 3 · answered May 04 '22 at 10:47

-7

You can find it in manifest with all other permissions and from there you can remove the line.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES" />

answered May 04 '22 at 10:47

Arkaprabha Mahata

Where? AndroidManifest.xml doesn't contain this line. I also verified "Merged Manifest" – mdicosimo May 04 '22 at 15:08

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