=============================================================================== Copyright (c) 2014, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * Neither the name of The Linux Foundation nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. =============================================================================== 1. Introduction: ---------------- Android provides support for AppOps service to manage and control user-permissions of different operations of installed packages. AppOps service reads /system/etc/appops_policy.xml file to read all default user-permissions of different operations of installed packages. 2. AppOps Policy File: ---------------------- AppOps policy file can be used to assign default permissions to both system and user installed applications. Since hardcoded in AppOpsService this file should be at /system/etc/appops_policy.xml path on the device. Following section talks about various tags used in appops_policy.xml file: 2.1 appops-policy This is the root tag of appops_policy file. Parameters: i) version (Required) -This parameter defines the version of appops_policy.xml format. It should be set to "1". Tags: i) user-app - section to configure default permissions of user installed apps. ii) system-app - section to configure default permissions of preset (system) apps iii) application - section to override default permission of particular packages. 2.2 user-app This tag is used to set default permission of user installed applications. Parameters: i) permission - To set default permission of all user installed apps. ii) show - To show/hide operations in app ops settings activity. Tags: 2.3 system-app This tag is used to set default permission of preset installed applications. Parameters: i) permission - To set default permission of all system installed apps. ii) show - To show/hide operations in app ops settings activity. Tags: 2.4 application This tag is used to set default permission of specific applications. Parameters: Tags: i) pkg - section to set default permission of specific package. 2.5 pkg This tag is used to set default permission of specific package. Parameters: i) name - To specify name of the package. ii) type - To set if package is part of preset or user installed application. iii) permission - To set default permission of package's all operations. iv) show - To show/hide operations in app ops settings activity. Tags: i) op - section to set defualt permission of an operation. 2.5 op This tag is used to set default permission of specific operation Parameters: i) name - To specify name of the operation ii) permission - To set default permisison of operation iii) show - To show/hide operation in app ops settings activity. 3 Example: ----------