How to send broadcast with permission from command line

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I have a broadcast receiver in a app which uses my permission com.myexample.permission.MY_PERMISSION.

I am able to send the broadcast using

sendBroadcast(intent, "com.myexample.permission.MY_PERMISSION")

from activities.

To send a broadcast for action as com.com.myexample.MY_ACTION and extra data with key as MY_EXTRA below command can be used:

$adb shell am broadcast -a com.com.myexample.MY_ACTION
--ez MY_EXTRA true

But how to send broadcast with permission com.myexample.permission.MY_PERMISSION to the app from command line using adb shell commands??

Could you add the relevant portions of your manifest? – tynn Feb 25 '16 at 08:43 — tynn, Feb 25 '16 at 08:43

y4n9b0 · Answer 1 · 2019-04-24T07:41:46.780

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Use arg --receiver-permission which belongs to subcmd broadcast:

adb shell am broadcast -a com.com.myexample.MY_ACTION --receiver-permission com.myexample.permission.MY_PERMISSION

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answered Apr 24 '19 at 07:29

y4n9b0

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I will plus 1 this when you put quotation marks around the name of the permission - then it works! – Janin Nov 02 '19 at 01:05

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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If my answer here is not what you are looking for, try pm grant PACKAGE PERMISSION:

add "development" level when define com.myexample.permission.MY_PERMISSION in your app, like android:protectionLevel="signature|development"
grant this permission to "shell" in adb shell:
pm grant com.android.shell com.myexample.permission.MY_PERMISSION

edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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answered Feb 25 '16 at 08:31

Swing

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I'd like to know how you do *1.* – tynn Feb 25 '16 at 08:40
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And *2.* sadly yields `Operation not allowed: java.lang.SecurityException: Package com.android.shell has not requested com.myexample.permission.MY_PERMISSION`. – tynn Feb 28 '16 at 11:26

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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Taking a look at this post try removing the permission temporarily when you're doing testing from adb, and then re-adding the permission when you're ready to test it through a real broadcast.

If that is not acceptable, this post may be of some help.

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answered Feb 24 '16 at 14:42

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Thanks for reply. I have already reffered to this post. But my requirement is to such that I need to have to use the permission. I would have done this with sample app. but for some test environment I need it to it through adb shell command scripts. – srv_sud Feb 24 '16 at 14:55
Take a look at the 2nd link in my edited response. I've never personally used it, but might be able to help you. – Alex Townsend Feb 24 '16 at 15:15
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I am able to send broadcast using the the app. But my problem is that i need to send it using adb shell commands and permission I dont want to remove, this is my requirement. – srv_sud Feb 24 '16 at 15:23

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 25 '21 at 11:20

I ended up creating a BroadcastingActivity that would receive the intent sent by adb and broadcasted it with the correct permissions. In this way the broadcast itself is consistent between debug/release and the BroadcastingActivity can be moved to the debug build type.

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