Listing permissions of Android application via adb
Using adb, how can I find out the which permissions an Android application requires?
Because I want to display the permissions of multiple applications on different devices, viewing them in Google Play
or Settings
> Applications manager
requires too much manual work.
I just wanted to combine Jason's and Juuso's answers together and notice that the former lists permissions that were granted, while the latter lists permissions that were requested (including ones that were granted).
To see only permissions that were granted (but omitting ones that were requested but not granted) use
adb shell dumpsys package packagename
and check grantedPermissions
section at the bottom of the output.
To list all permissions (requested but not granted + requested and granted):
-
Notice the APK of a package. You can run the same command
adb shell dumpsys package packagename
and get the APK path from
codePath
element of its output. -
(if there is no
aapt
on your device/emulator) You'll need to pull the apk from device/emulator as Juuso Ohtonen has pointed out in his answer. So execute something like this from your desktop:adb pull /data/app/com.your.package.apk
-
List all permissions of the package
If missing from device/emulator
aapt
can be found underbuild-tools/<version>/
in your Android SDK.Then execute
aapt d permissions /path/to/com.your.package.apk
-
List all applications along with their installation paths (use
-3
flag if you're only interested in 3rd party apps). As an example, let's try to find out YouTube app permissions.adb shell pm list packages -f
Output:...
package:/data/app/com.google.android.youtube-1.apk=com.google.android.youtube
... Pull the selected apk from the device:
adb pull /data/app/com.google.android.youtube-1.apk
List the permissions with
aapt d permissions com.google.android.youtube-1.apk
Output:
uses-permission: android.permission.BROADCAST_STICKY
uses-permission: android.permission.CALL_PHONE
uses-permission: android.permission.CALL_PRIVILEGED
uses-permission: android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
uses-permission: android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
uses-permission: android.permission.READ_CONTACTS
uses-permission: android.permission.READ_CALL_LOG
uses-permission: android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS
uses-permission: android.permission.WRITE_CALL_LOG
uses-permission: android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
uses-permission: android.permission.INTERNAL_SYSTEM_WINDOW
uses-permission: android.permission.ADD_SYSTEM_SERVICE
uses-permission: android.permission.VIBRATE
uses-permission: android.permission.BLUETOOTH
uses-permission: android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN
uses-permission: android.permission.REORDER_TASKS
uses-permission: android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION
...
...
The fast way: adb shell dumpsys package packagename | grep permission