Bug 5585323 New system permission for media decode
Add a system permission to enable the use of any installed
media decoder when decoding for playback (as opposed to transcode).
Change-Id: Ifb10a5fa8d5663a78ccbb5fa8266ad6535c234f2
diff --git a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
index 18194ee..433a3a6 100644
--- a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1015,6 +1015,13 @@
android:label="@string/permlab_readLogs"
android:description="@string/permdesc_readLogs" />
+ <!-- Allows an application to use any media decoder when decoding for playback
+ @hide -->
+ <permission android:name="android.permission.ALLOW_ANY_CODEC_FOR_PLAYBACK"
+ android:protectionLevel="signatureOrSystem"
+ android:label="@string/permlab_anyCodecForPlayback"
+ android:description="@string/permdesc_anyCodecForPlayback" />
+
<!-- ========================================= -->
<!-- Permissions for special development tools -->
<!-- ========================================= -->
diff --git a/core/res/res/values/strings.xml b/core/res/res/values/strings.xml
index a819173..a4dfa1d 100755
--- a/core/res/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/core/res/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -831,6 +831,12 @@
including personal or private information.</string>
<!-- Title of an application permission, listed so the user can choose whether they want to allow the application to do this. -->
+ <string name="permlab_anyCodecForPlayback">use any media decoder for playback</string>
+ <!-- Description of an application permission, listed so the user can choose whether they want to allow the application to do this. -->
+ <string name="permdesc_anyCodecForPlayback">Allows an application to use any installed
+ media decoder to decode for playback.</string>
+
+ <!-- Title of an application permission, listed so the user can choose whether they want to allow the application to do this. -->
<string name="permlab_diagnostic">read/write to resources owned by diag</string>
<!-- Description of an application permission, listed so the user can choose whether they want to allow the application to do this. -->
<string name="permdesc_diagnostic">Allows an application to read and write to