(#) Content provider does not require permission !!! WARNING: Content provider does not require permission This is a warning. Id : `ExportedContentProvider` Summary : Content provider does not require permission Severity : Warning Category : Security Platform : Android Vendor : Android Open Source Project Feedback : https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708 Since : Initial Affects : Manifest files Editing : This check runs on the fly in the IDE editor See : https://goo.gle/ExportedContentProvider Implementation : [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-checks/src/main/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/SecurityDetector.java) Tests : [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/SecurityDetectorTest.java) Copyright Year : 2011 Content providers are exported by default and any application on the system can potentially use them to read and write data. If the content provider provides access to sensitive data, it should be protected by specifying `export=false` in the manifest or by protecting it with a permission that can be granted to other applications. !!! Tip This lint check has an associated quickfix available in the IDE. (##) Example Here is an example of lint warnings produced by this check: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~text AndroidManifest.xml:14:Warning: Exported content providers can provide access to potentially sensitive data [ExportedContentProvider] <provider -------- AndroidManifest.xml:20:Warning: Exported content providers can provide access to potentially sensitive data [ExportedContentProvider] <provider -------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here are the relevant source files: `AndroidManifest.xml`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="foo.bar2" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" > <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="14" /> <application android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" > <!-- exported implicitly, fail --> <provider android:name="com.sample.provider.providerClass1" android:authorities="com.sample.provider.providerData"> </provider> <!-- exported explicitly, fail --> <provider android:exported="true" android:name="com.sample.provider.providerClass2" android:authorities="com.sample.provider.providerData"> </provider> <!-- not exported, win --> <provider android:exported="false" android:name="com.sample.provider.providerClass3" android:authorities="com.sample.provider.providerData"> </provider> </application> </manifest> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ `res/values/strings.xml`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. --> <resources> <!-- Home --> <string name="home_title">Home Sample</string> <string name="show_all_apps">All</string> <!-- Home Menus --> <string name="menu_wallpaper">Wallpaper</string> <string name="menu_search">Search</string> <string name="menu_settings">Settings</string> <string name="sample" translatable="false">Ignore Me</string> <!-- Wallpaper --> <string name="wallpaper_instructions">Tap picture to set portrait wallpaper</string> </resources> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can also visit the [source code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/SecurityDetectorTest.java) for the unit tests for this check to see additional scenarios. The above example was automatically extracted from the first unit test found for this lint check, `SecurityDetector.testContentProvider1`. To report a problem with this extracted sample, visit https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708. (##) Suppressing You can suppress false positives using one of the following mechanisms: * Adding the suppression attribute `tools:ignore="ExportedContentProvider"` on the problematic XML element (or one of its enclosing elements). You may also need to add the following namespace declaration on the root element in the XML file if it's not already there: `xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"`. ```xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <manifest xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"> ... <service tools:ignore="ExportedContentProvider" .../> ... </manifest> ``` * Using a special `lint.xml` file in the source tree which turns off the check in that folder and any sub folder. A simple file might look like this: ```xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <lint> <issue id="ExportedContentProvider" severity="ignore" /> </lint> ``` Instead of `ignore` you can also change the severity here, for example from `error` to `warning`. You can find additional documentation on how to filter issues by path, regular expression and so on [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/lintxml.md.html). * In Gradle projects, using the DSL syntax to configure lint. For example, you can use something like ```gradle lintOptions { disable 'ExportedContentProvider' } ``` In Android projects this should be nested inside an `android { }` block. * For manual invocations of `lint`, using the `--ignore` flag: ``` $ lint --ignore ExportedContentProvider ...` ``` * Last, but not least, using baselines, as discussed [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/baselines.md.html).