Well, it did said "requires android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS"

On Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:37:13 AM UTC-5, Viktor Brešan wrote:
>
> I have an app with about 6,000 active users. I also use ACRA for app crash 
> reporting. While I was going through the crash reports I have found the 
> following exception:
>
> java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: writing 
> com.android.providers.settings.SettingsProvider uri 
> content://settings/system from pid=21700, uid=10061 requires 
> android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
>     at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1234)
>     at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1222)
>     at 
> android.media.IAudioService$Stub$Proxy.adjustSuggestedStreamVolume(IAudioService.java:357)
>     at 
> android.media.AudioManager.adjustSuggestedStreamVolume(AudioManager.java:415)
>     at 
> com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.onKeyDown(PhoneWindow.java:1234)
>     at 
> com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.dispatchKeyEvent(PhoneWindow.java:1735)
>     at 
> android.view.ViewRoot.deliverKeyEventToViewHierarchy(ViewRoot.java:2188)
>     at android.view.ViewRoot.handleFinishedEvent(ViewRoot.java:2158)
>     at android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1490)
>     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
>     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
>     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3948)
>     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
>     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
>     at 
> com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:782)
>     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:540)
>     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
>
> The problem is, my app never tries to change device settings, this 
> includes stream volume. How come this exception was thrown from my 
> application? What can be done to prevent these thing in future.
>
> Device that reported crash was Samsung GT-I5700 running Android 1.5.
>
>
>

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