Android Permission Denial: forceStopPackage()

Question

I am try to kill another application using forceStopPackage(). But my application shows runtime error.

Error :

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Answer 1

I know this is ab old thread but i wanted to make sure engineers visiting this thread has latest information.

android.permission.FORCE_STOP_PACKAGES is signature | priviliged permission hence it needs to go in to system partition under priv-app. So whoever wants to have this permission in their app have to work with respective OEM to pre-load them on to priv-app.

Starting from Android O: This permission along with App name needs to be declared in one of the permission xml

privapp-permissions-platform.xml – AOSP Apps privapp-permissions-google.xml – Google Apps privapp-permissions-.xml – OEM/ODM, OEM Associated and others

<privapp-permissions package="com.abc.android.xyz">
<permission name="android.permission.FORCE_STOP_PACKAGES"/>
</privapp-permissions> 

Answer 2

You have to add the permission in the AndroidManifest.xml like below.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FORCE_STOP_PACKAGES"></uses-permission>

Make sure only if your app is signed with system key os will allow to stop other apps.