Removing unused permission from AndroidManifest

[MaverickNyk]

INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS is a privileged permission only granted to 1P android apps. It can't be used here.

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  • Removed unused cross-user interaction permission from app configuration.

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The android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS permission declaration was removed from the Android manifest file, along with its associated tools:ignore attribute.

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Manifest Configuration android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml	Removed android.permission.INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS permission declaration and its tools:ignore attribute

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[MaverickNyk]

Hi, Can someone please review this PR.

[kavishdevar]

thank you!

btw, it was originally there for https://github.com/kavishdevar/librepods/blob/e10fe21ba5ef3f86f3dac26421a9f48cf972191e/android/app/src/main/java/me/kavishdevar/librepods/services/AirPodsService.kt#L2000-L2077 but I don't remember it working the last time I tried using it.

[MaverickNyk]

thank you!

btw, it was originally there for

https://github.com/kavishdevar/librepods/blob/e10fe21ba5ef3f86f3dac26421a9f48cf972191e/android/app/src/main/java/me/kavishdevar/librepods/services/AirPodsService.kt#L2000-L2077

but I don't remember it working the last time I tried using it.

This won't work as sendBroadcastAsUser is a system API only allowed for 1P apps. An app has to be bundled with the Android platform to call this API and hold INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS permission. apps like com.android.* would be able to do that.

[kavishdevar]

See https://github.com/kavishdevar/librepods/releases/download/v0.1.0-rc.4/LibrePods-v0.1.0-rc.4.zip. It installed the app as a system app and granted those permissions.

This way I could also use the BLUETOOTH_PRIVILIGED to set the metadata, like icon and battery, of a BluetoothDevice.

[MaverickNyk]

BluetoothDevice

I see in that case sendBroadcastAsUser should be working, can you raise a bug or share the details what was the issue while calling sendBroadcastAsUser