Thrown when a security manager check fails.
Questions tagged [android-securityexception]
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        Android: Permission Denial: starting Intent with revoked permission android.permission.CAMERA
I'm trying to start a ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE activity in order to take a picture in my app and I'm getting the error in the subject.
Stacktrace:
FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: il.ac.shenkar.david.todolistex2, PID: 3293
java.lang.SecurityException:…
         
    
    
        David Faizulaev
        
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        Getting 'No active admin' SecurityException in Android 10 - how to resolve?
I am encountering an error in the pre-launch report on the Google Play Console during testing. The error message is as follows:
java.lang.SecurityException: No active admin…
         
    
    
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        java.lang.SecurityException: MODE_WORLD_READABLE no longer supported
The exception only occurs in Android 7.0 Nougat (emulator) devices.
java.lang.SecurityException: MODE_WORLD_READABLE no longer supported
My code:
public void SessionMaintainence(Context context) {
    this.context = context;
    preferences =…
         
    
    
        Abdul Gaffar
        
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        Why NotificationManagerCompat::cancelAll() gets SecurityException?
Using NotificationManagerCompat to cancel all notification.
NotificationManagerCompat manager =  
    NotificationManagerCompat.from(ctx.getApplicationContext());
manager.cancelAll();
It got exception some time (most time works).
on Andoid…
         
    
    
        lannyf
        
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        How would a thread created by an app be considered a different app from the app's ContentProvider?
I have an app that, when notified by a ContentObserver of a change to a ContentProvider, attempts to query the provider on a background thread.  This causes an SecurityException to be thrown:
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        Julian A.
        
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        Android 9.0 NotificationManager.notify() throwing java.lang.SecurityException
I have been unable to reproduce this problem myself, but so far 5 users have reported it.  I did recently publish an app update that changed the target SDK from 27 to 28 which I sure plays a part in this.  All 5 users are running some flavor Android…
         
    
    
        kencorbin
        
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        Android SecurityException: Admin does not own the profile
I have a device manager application and I am trying to use setScreenCaptureDisabled(..) function of DevicePolicyManager class available since API 21.
DevicePolicyManager pManager = (android.app.admin.DevicePolicyManager)…
         
    
    
        lyc001
        
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        java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: opening provider com.android.providers.media.Media
I am getting-
java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: opening provider com.android.providers.media.MediaDocumentsProvider from ProcessRecord{f1d408f 5594:firebasejobscheduler.test.com.firbasejobschedulerdemo/u0a1227} (pid=5594, uid=11227)…
         
    
    
        Android Developer
        
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        how to start android-TREBLE compatible vendor java service from /vendor/app
In my Android-O device, below two background services communicating each other though AIDL.
Native/c++ android service
Starts through init rc
Runs with system linux-user
Deployed in /system partition, eg, /system/bin/nat binary.
Java Service from…
         
    
    
        Balamurugan A
        
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        Security exception: Unable to start service. User 0 is restricted
I've got the below exception trace.
  Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create application com.myapp.MyApplication: java.lang.SecurityException: Unable to start service Intent { cmp=com.myapp/.background.MyService }: Unable to…
         
    
    
        dev1993
        
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        Permission denial -> requires oppo.permission.OPPO_COMPONENT_SAFE but it's already on the AndroidManifest.xml
I can't open intents in oppo devices.
I've put required permissions on manifest 
         
    
    
        Nitro Julià Soler
        
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        Dual apps can't access storage path /storage/emulated/999/Download/somefile.pdf
I am trying to download a file from server to Download folder of andorid
As expected it is working fine
Problem
When user clones my app (dual app) , the cloned app (2nd app)  throws SecurityException: Unsupported path…
         
    
    
        karthik kolanji
        
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        Android getActiveNotifications throws SecurityException
I have a NotificationService class that listens to notifications. However when I call getActiveNotifications(), it throws a SecurityException. Yes I have checked for permission before calling this method.
I use AsyncTask inside NotificationService…
         
    
    
        Vajira Lasantha
        
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        Android M 6.0 - SecurityException Trying to remove accounts
I have an app that uses Android AccountManager (package name: com.mycompany.accounts), that adds accounts to the device and provides a login screen. I have another app (com.mycomp.actualapp), that uses the first app to add/remove accounts.
I can…
         
    
    
        riggaroo
        
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        Android: java.lang.SecurityException: Package com.android.phone (uid=1001) does not match provided uid 10246
Scenario: We are sending SMS to particular number if user grantees the SMS permission.
Devices: Only Samsung devices with Android 11.
Code:
SmsManager.getSmsManagerForSubscriptionId(subscriptionId)
.sendTextMessage(destinationAddress, null,…
         
    
    
        Hiren Patel
        
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