Questions tagged [android-securityexception]

Thrown when a security manager check fails.

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Android: Permission Denial: starting Intent with revoked permission android.permission.CAMERA

I'm trying to start a ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE activity in order to take a picture in my app and I'm getting the error in the subject. Stacktrace: FATAL EXCEPTION: main Process: il.ac.shenkar.david.todolistex2, PID: 3293 java.lang.SecurityException:…
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Getting 'No active admin' SecurityException in Android 10 - how to resolve?

I am encountering an error in the pre-launch report on the Google Play Console during testing. The error message is as follows: java.lang.SecurityException: No active admin…
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java.lang.SecurityException: MODE_WORLD_READABLE no longer supported

The exception only occurs in Android 7.0 Nougat (emulator) devices. java.lang.SecurityException: MODE_WORLD_READABLE no longer supported My code: public void SessionMaintainence(Context context) { this.context = context; preferences =…
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Why NotificationManagerCompat::cancelAll() gets SecurityException?

Using NotificationManagerCompat to cancel all notification. NotificationManagerCompat manager = NotificationManagerCompat.from(ctx.getApplicationContext()); manager.cancelAll(); It got exception some time (most time works). on Andoid…
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How would a thread created by an app be considered a different app from the app's ContentProvider?

I have an app that, when notified by a ContentObserver of a change to a ContentProvider, attempts to query the provider on a background thread. This causes an SecurityException to be thrown: 8-10 15:54:29.577 …
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Android 9.0 NotificationManager.notify() throwing java.lang.SecurityException

I have been unable to reproduce this problem myself, but so far 5 users have reported it. I did recently publish an app update that changed the target SDK from 27 to 28 which I sure plays a part in this. All 5 users are running some flavor Android…
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Android SecurityException: Admin does not own the profile

I have a device manager application and I am trying to use setScreenCaptureDisabled(..) function of DevicePolicyManager class available since API 21. DevicePolicyManager pManager = (android.app.admin.DevicePolicyManager)…
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java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: opening provider com.android.providers.media.Media

I am getting- java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: opening provider com.android.providers.media.MediaDocumentsProvider from ProcessRecord{f1d408f 5594:firebasejobscheduler.test.com.firbasejobschedulerdemo/u0a1227} (pid=5594, uid=11227)…
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how to start android-TREBLE compatible vendor java service from /vendor/app

In my Android-O device, below two background services communicating each other though AIDL. Native/c++ android service Starts through init rc Runs with system linux-user Deployed in /system partition, eg, /system/bin/nat binary. Java Service from…
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Security exception: Unable to start service. User 0 is restricted

I've got the below exception trace. Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create application com.myapp.MyApplication: java.lang.SecurityException: Unable to start service Intent { cmp=com.myapp/.background.MyService }: Unable to…
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Permission denial -> requires oppo.permission.OPPO_COMPONENT_SAFE but it's already on the AndroidManifest.xml

I can't open intents in oppo devices. I've put required permissions on manifest but never works... always show the same error: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial:…
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Dual apps can't access storage path /storage/emulated/999/Download/somefile.pdf

I am trying to download a file from server to Download folder of andorid As expected it is working fine Problem When user clones my app (dual app) , the cloned app (2nd app) throws SecurityException: Unsupported path…
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Android getActiveNotifications throws SecurityException

I have a NotificationService class that listens to notifications. However when I call getActiveNotifications(), it throws a SecurityException. Yes I have checked for permission before calling this method. I use AsyncTask inside NotificationService…
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Android M 6.0 - SecurityException Trying to remove accounts

I have an app that uses Android AccountManager (package name: com.mycompany.accounts), that adds accounts to the device and provides a login screen. I have another app (com.mycomp.actualapp), that uses the first app to add/remove accounts. I can…
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Android: java.lang.SecurityException: Package com.android.phone (uid=1001) does not match provided uid 10246

Scenario: We are sending SMS to particular number if user grantees the SMS permission. Devices: Only Samsung devices with Android 11. Code: SmsManager.getSmsManagerForSubscriptionId(subscriptionId) .sendTextMessage(destinationAddress, null,…
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