Hey everyone, I checked back all the details you gave me. However, my findings are still not satisfactory.
The shared UID bit turned out to be true - for some of the packages stored in /system/app/, but unfortunately not for all. System apps with a shared user ID usually get their permissions defined in a section distinct for every shared user ID. There one can also find the <perms> block related to that specific shared user ID. One example would be "android.uid.shared", which is used by many Android OS apps. However, there are apps which do not have a shared user ID, but a user ID of their own - and still come without a <perms> block. One example is the "/system/app/FileManager.apk" package, which is preinstalled on my testing device. Every single system app not making use of a shared user ID lacks a <perms> block. ... so for those, I'm back to square one ;) I still don't know where their permissions are stored, and it's definitely not in the packages.xml file. Are permissions for those just granted at will, without checking the packages.xml file? Could maybe an Android dev from Google provide a statement on this matter? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
