From 2ad02a383b036b02a836a50a43c679a17c2fde6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ioana Stefan <ioanastefan@google.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 16:58:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add permission for protecting UI tracing
The new permission will protect the UI traces, allowing only wanted
development tools to start the tracing. At the moment, the permission is
planned to be used for WindowManager and InputMethod traces.
Bug: 172444310
Test: N/A
Change-Id: Ibdeb38dc9a066cb8ed2904adcdac29014b166526
---
core/res/AndroidManifest.xml | 6 ++++++
data/etc/privapp-permissions-platform.xml | 1 +
packages/Shell/AndroidManifest.xml | 1 +
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
index a417f0c708b2..e6619f58f273 100644
--- a/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/core/res/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -3032,6 +3032,12 @@
<permission android:name="android.permission.DUMP"
android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged|development" />
+ <!-- Allows an application to start tracing for InputMethod and WindowManager.
+ <p>Not for use by third-party applications.
+ @hide -->
+ <permission android:name="android.permission.CONTROL_UI_TRACING"
+ android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged|development" />
+
<!-- Allows an application to read the low-level system log files.
<p>Not for use by third-party applications, because
Log entries can contain the user's private information. -->
diff --git a/data/etc/privapp-permissions-platform.xml b/data/etc/privapp-permissions-platform.xml
index 0806e7151997..ce6deeab87fa 100644
--- a/data/etc/privapp-permissions-platform.xml
+++ b/data/etc/privapp-permissions-platform.xml
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ applications that come with the platform
<permission name="android.permission.DELETE_CACHE_FILES"/>
<permission name="android.permission.DELETE_PACKAGES"/>
<permission name="android.permission.DUMP"/>
+ <permission name="android.permission.CONTROL_UI_TRACING"/>
<permission name="android.permission.ACTIVITY_EMBEDDING"/>
<permission name="android.permission.FORCE_STOP_PACKAGES"/>
<permission name="android.permission.GET_APP_OPS_STATS"/>
diff --git a/packages/Shell/AndroidManifest.xml b/packages/Shell/AndroidManifest.xml
index a9279971ce1e..fa4da2826b54 100644
--- a/packages/Shell/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/packages/Shell/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SET_PROCESS_LIMIT" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SET_ALWAYS_FINISH" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.DUMP" />
+ <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CONTROL_UI_TRACING" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SIGNAL_PERSISTENT_PROCESSES" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES" />
<!-- Internal permissions granted to the shell. -->
--
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