commit 2a1376d9dfb362a18ba110d8e172f96021f1d879
author Svet Ganov <svetoslavganov@google.com> Mon Feb 22 17:20:35 2016 -0800
committer Svet Ganov <svetoslavganov@google.com> Mon Feb 22 18:10:49 2016 -0800
tree 68fb1d69d4a074af4ae4de03ce7a8cf2334a5c70
parent 3dbcd203c57e9845582b59d9d5914bd6df7d2e1f

Expose removed permissions flag as system API

There are some permissions that were removed from the platform
and guard nothing but legacy apps may be checking them before
calling APIs. Hence, these apps should get the permissions as
expected despite them being a no-op. To address this the platform
declares removed permissions as normal permissions that are hidden
such that legacy apps can always get them. These permissions are
not shown in the UI. Play needs a way to filter out these
permissions like the platform as they have permissions UI too.

bug:23361760

Change-Id: I10f442dfc09a299ddc5480d8bf2db0bd786aec62

core/res/AndroidManifest.xml

diff --git a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
index 99daab4..cefe179 100644
--- a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -866,77 +866,77 @@
     <!-- @hide We need to keep this around for backwards compatibility -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PROFILE"
         android:protectionLevel="normal"
-        android:permissionFlags="hidden"/>
+        android:permissionFlags="removed"/>
 
     <!-- @hide We need to keep this around for backwards compatibility -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_PROFILE"
         android:protectionLevel="normal"
-        android:permissionFlags="hidden"/>
+        android:permissionFlags="removed"/>
 
     <!-- @hide We need to keep this around for backwards compatibility -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.READ_SOCIAL_STREAM"
         android:protectionLevel="normal"
-        android:permissionFlags="hidden"/>
+        android:permissionFlags="removed"/>
 
     <!-- @hide We need to keep this around for backwards compatibility -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SOCIAL_STREAM"
         android:protectionLevel="normal"
-        android:permissionFlags="hidden"/>
+        android:permissionFlags="removed"/>
 
     <!-- @hide We need to keep this around for backwards compatibility -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.READ_USER_DICTIONARY"
         android:protectionLevel="normal"
-        android:permissionFlags="hidden"/>
+        android:permissionFlags="removed"/>
 
     <!-- @hide We need to keep this around for backwards compatibility -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_USER_DICTIONARY"
         android:protectionLevel="normal"
-        android:permissionFlags="hidden"/>
+        android:permissionFlags="removed"/>
 
     <!-- @hide We need to keep this around for backwards compatibility -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SMS"
         android:protectionLevel="normal"
-        android:permissionFlags="hidden"/>
+        android:permissionFlags="removed"/>
 
     <!-- @hide We need to keep this around for backwards compatibility -->
     <permission android:name="com.android.browser.permission.READ_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS"
         android:protectionLevel="normal"
-        android:permissionFlags="hidden"/>
+        android:permissionFlags="removed"/>
 
     <!-- @hide We need to keep this around for backwards compatibility -->
     <permission android:name="com.android.browser.permission.WRITE_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS"
         android:protectionLevel="normal"
-        android:permissionFlags="hidden"/>
+        android:permissionFlags="removed"/>
 
     <!-- @hide We need to keep this around for backwards compatibility -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS"
         android:protectionLevel="normal"
-        android:permissionFlags="hidden"/>
+        android:permissionFlags="removed"/>
 
     <!-- @hide We need to keep this around for backwards compatibility -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTS"
         android:protectionLevel="normal"
-        android:permissionFlags="hidden"/>
+        android:permissionFlags="removed"/>
 
     <!-- @hide We need to keep this around for backwards compatibility -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS"
         android:protectionLevel="normal"
-        android:permissionFlags="hidden"/>
+        android:permissionFlags="removed"/>
 
     <!-- @hide We need to keep this around for backwards compatibility -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_READ"
         android:protectionLevel="normal"
-        android:permissionFlags="hidden"/>
+        android:permissionFlags="removed"/>
 
     <!-- @hide We need to keep this around for backwards compatibility -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_WRITE"
         android:protectionLevel="normal"
-        android:permissionFlags="hidden"/>
+        android:permissionFlags="removed"/>
 
     <!-- @hide We need to keep this around for backwards compatibility -->
     <permission android:name="android.permission.FLASHLIGHT"
         android:protectionLevel="normal"
-        android:permissionFlags="hidden"/>
+        android:permissionFlags="removed"/>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
     <!-- INSTALL PERMISSIONS                                                    -->