Only show "Sensors" perm when its declared in manifest.

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Can apps access sensors without declaring it? Is this why all apps have a sensors toggle even when some does not have any sensor related functionality?

UndercoverBozo

[deleted] https://grapheneos.org/features#sensors-permission-toggle

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UndercoverBozo This answers nothing that i asked. Im asking about the manifest, and if we can tell weather an app will use sensors based on that. If so, the permission toggle shouldn't be present on every app, just the ones that are going to use it.
Just like with internet. If its not declared in the manifest, its not present in the permissions page.

de0u

[deleted] Im asking about the manifest, and if we can tell weather an app will use sensors based on that.

The "sensors" permission is a GrapheneOS extension not present in AOSP, thus app developers don't know to request it in app manifests, thus it will not appear in app manifests, thus it can't be scanned for.

Oops. According to Stack Overflow it can appear in manifests but is effectively optional.

N1b

As far as I understand it, all apps are given the Sensor permission by default in AOSP and most AOSP based systems, but it is a permission as any other and therefore has to be declared by apps.

What I do is have it disabled (for user apps) by default. If an app tries to access Sensors, I get a notification. This wouldn't probably happen if apps could just simply seize it...

But I'm sure some devs here can give a definite answer for this...