Add ContentProvider for apps to read received SMS cell broadcasts.
The CellBroadcastReceiver app will allow apps with the new permission
"android.permission.READ_CELL_BROADCASTS" to read previously received
cell broadcast messages from a new ContentProvider database at URI
"content://cellbroadcasts". This will enable third parties to provide
additional information to users in the event of emergencies without
delaying or interfering with the initial system alert dialog to warn
the user when the alert is received.
Includes a new android.telephony.CellBroadcastMessage class which
can be instantiated from the Cursor retrieved from the ContentProvider.
This was previously a part of the CellBroadcastReceiver app, but can now
be used by third party apps with read permission on the ContentProvider.
Change-Id: I2c31f62b63c050c7946de2d81c28a5f4dc6f00b0
diff --git a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
index f5c0f8f..3c2121d 100644
--- a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -202,6 +202,23 @@
android:label="@string/permlab_receiveEmergencyBroadcast"
android:description="@string/permdesc_receiveEmergencyBroadcast" />
+ <!-- Allows an application to read previously received cell broadcast
+ messages and to register a content observer to get notifications when
+ a cell broadcast has been received and added to the database. For
+ emergency alerts, the database is updated immediately after the
+ alert dialog and notification sound/vibration/speech are presented.
+ The "read" column is then updated after the user dismisses the alert.
+ This enables supplementary emergency assistance apps to start loading
+ additional emergency information (if Internet access is available)
+ when the alert is first received, and to delay presenting the info
+ to the user until after the initial alert dialog is dismissed.
+ @hide Pending API council approval -->
+ <permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CELL_BROADCASTS"
+ android:permissionGroup="android.permission-group.MESSAGES"
+ android:protectionLevel="dangerous"
+ android:label="@string/permlab_readCellBroadcasts"
+ android:description="@string/permdesc_readCellBroadcasts" />
+
<!-- Allows an application to read SMS messages. -->
<permission android:name="android.permission.READ_SMS"
android:permissionGroup="android.permission-group.MESSAGES"