Questions tagged [android-securityexception]

Thrown when a security manager check fails.

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SecurityException: Permission Denial: isUidActive from pid=XXXX, uid=XXXX requires android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS

I'm getting this (for me) unknown crash in my crashlytics log trying to call enableReaderMode() in NfcAdapter class: Caused by java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: isUidActive from pid=XXXX, uid=XXXX requires…
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No matching key found for the ciphertext in the stream

I am getting an exception while decrypting the encrypted file. Exception happening in the decryptFile() method. Line where exception happening is while (fileInputStream.read(buffer).also { read = it } != -1) { Full code below fun…
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How to fix SecurityException: Permission Denial: opening provider that is not exported from uid

I want to open another application with an import window and send a file to it for processing. final Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN); sendIntent.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.example.editor",…
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SecurityException Huawei phone

Our app is getting a SecurityEception on a Huawei device (Huawei P30 Pro, Android 10). We have no idea what might be causing this, and Googling for it gave no results. The complete stacktrace: java.lang.SecurityException: at…
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Your app(s) are vulnerable to Intent Redirection from Play Store

App was developed in React Native Play Stopre Issue- found that your app uses software that contains security vulnerabilities for users. Apps with these vulnerabilities can expose user information or damage a user’s device, and may be considered to…
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Permission Denial: opening provider that is not exported from UID 1000

I have built a signed application (system application) with a shared user id android.uid.system. It contains a FileProvider, which I need for a package install intent. When I try to install the application with the package install intent the…
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PdfRenderer always throwing 'password required' SecurityException after rendering a password-protected file

I have the following Android code: private void test() throws IOException { File f1 = new File("/sdcard/password-protected-pdf.pdf"); File f2 = new File("/sdcard/normal-pdf.pdf"); this.renderPDF(f1); this.renderPDF(f2); } private…
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Granting a non changeable permission to a third party app with root access

On my rooted android device, how can I grant "Signature level" (INTERNAL_SYSTEM_WINDOW) permission to a third party app. What I have tried already is rooted my device using magisk in adb shell, used pm grant com.example.app…
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My app keeps crashing in android 9 version throwing java.lang.SecurityException

I recently developed an android app that streams radio online using a URL. It has been working well in other android versions that is 6,7and 8 the ones i tested in emulators. But last week i published the app to play store, and my reports show that…
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Security Exception requesting PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK

I wrote a library which starts a STICKY Service when the main application calls a specific method. This Service acquires a PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK during the execution of the onStartCommand() method: PowerManager powerManager =…
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SecurityException when trying to query list of videos

My code is trying to get a list of videos on user's device using the query but I am getting security exception on devices like Samsung Galaxy S7, S8 which are very popular devices and can't be ignored. I do have READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE and…
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java.lang.SecurityException with No Details

I searched around for this but couldn't find a solution to my case. I just updated my app to target Android API 25. Thus I had to update permission handling. My app requires the following permissions:
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Local notification caused SecurityException

I have made a method that sends a local notification when a progress finishes loading, when I build the App it's all clear without any errors/warnings I received this after releasing with Google console crash report Here is the notification…
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java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: on fetching bitmap from uri inside service

I am getting- java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: opening provider com.android.providers.media.MediaDocumentsProvider from ProcessRecord{..} requires android.permission.MANAGE_DOCUMENTS or android.permission.MANAGE_DOCUMENTS at …
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java.lang.SecurityException:Unable to find app for caller android.app.ApplicationThreadProxy when registering receiver android.content.IIntentReceiver

This error occurs when users have the first login after installing my app. But in the next launch (when the user already logged in) the app works fine. In my app I am using a BroadcastReceiver which is used for checking internet connectivity. So to…