Timeline for Prevent application to make silently install file(s) or making changes
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| Dec 28, 2018 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAndroid/status/1078531126749249536 | ||
| Dec 27, 2018 at 4:21 | answer | added | Empire of E | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 26, 2018 at 14:23 | comment | added | Irfan Latif | Let us continue this discussion in chat. | |
| Dec 26, 2018 at 13:48 | comment | added | Frederick Smith | Yep...Deny or you can say it must take permission to make any change or update(changes should not be made silently). | |
| Dec 26, 2018 at 13:45 | comment | added | Irfan Latif | Ok. So you want to deny REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGE permission to Facebook app, right? | |
| Dec 26, 2018 at 13:18 | comment | added | Frederick Smith | There is every info for what is my actual concern. | |
| Dec 26, 2018 at 13:13 | comment | added | Irfan Latif | There are many types of changes an app can make, some are dangerous, some are not. A few can be controlled from within Android's settings, a few need extra apps to be installed, a few needs root access, and a few need Android framework mods like XPOSED. And still there can be some actions you can't restrict an app from performing. This is a wide subject. So if you specify what kind of changes you are afraid of, someone (including me) can answer better :) | |
| Dec 26, 2018 at 12:53 | history | edited | Frederick Smith | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 26, 2018 at 12:52 | comment | added | Frederick Smith | How to prevent an app that making changes silently ? Already told in question. | |
| Dec 26, 2018 at 12:50 | comment | added | Irfan Latif | Ok. What's is your concern actually and what you want to achieve? | |
| Dec 26, 2018 at 12:49 | comment | added | Frederick Smith | Confused reading that. | |
| Dec 26, 2018 at 12:37 | comment | added | Irfan Latif | No, they both are different permissions. See developer.android.com/reference/android/… and developer.android.com/reference/android/… | |
| Dec 26, 2018 at 12:31 | comment | added | Frederick Smith | Is this the same as setting option in Android N 'Apps that can change system setting' ? It is written under this "select which app can change system settings, such as turning bluetooth on/off". Seems like this option only prevents to turn on/off toggles. | |
| Dec 26, 2018 at 7:49 | comment | added | Irfan Latif |
Starting from Android Oreo, you can control this particular permission REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES from within Settings > Apps and notifications > Special app access > Install unknown apps. Or use AppOps as recently answered here: android.stackexchange.com/a/205651/218526
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| Dec 26, 2018 at 7:40 | history | edited | Frederick Smith | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 26, 2018 at 7:27 | history | asked | Frederick Smith | CC BY-SA 4.0 |