(#) Missing permissions required by foregroundServiceType
!!! ERROR: Missing permissions required by foregroundServiceType
This is an error.
Id
: `ForegroundServicePermission`
Summary
: Missing permissions required by foregroundServiceType
Severity
: Error
Category
: Correctness
Platform
: Android
Vendor
: Android Open Source Project
Feedback
: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708
Since
: 8.2.0 (November 2023)
Affects
: Kotlin and Java files and manifest files
Editing
: This check runs on the fly in the IDE editor
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/ForegroundServicePermissionDetector.kt)
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/ForegroundServicePermissionDetectorTest.kt)
For targetSdkVersion >= 34, each `foregroundServiceType` listed in the
`` element requires specific sets of permissions to be declared
in the manifest. If permissions are missing, then when the foreground
service is started with a `foregroundServiceType` that has missing
permissions, a `SecurityException` will be thrown.
(##) Example
Here is an example of lint warnings produced by this check:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~text
AndroidManifest.xml:13:Error: foregroundServiceType:camera requires
permission:[android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CAMERA] AND any
permission in list:[android.permission.CAMERA,
android.permission.SYSTEM_CAMERA] [ForegroundServicePermission]
<service
^
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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:targetSdkVersion="34" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
<application
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<service
android:exported="true"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:name="com.sample.service.serviceClass"
android:foregroundServiceType="camera"
android:process=":remote" >
<intent-filter >
<action android:name="com.sample.service.serviceClass" >
</action>
</intent-filter>
</service>
</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/ForegroundServicePermissionDetectorTest.kt)
for the unit tests for this check to see additional scenarios.
(##) Suppressing
You can suppress false positives using one of the following mechanisms:
* Adding the suppression attribute
`tools:ignore="ForegroundServicePermission"` 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="ForegroundServicePermission" .../>
...
</manifest>
```
* Using a suppression annotation like this on the enclosing
element:
```kt
// Kotlin
@Suppress("ForegroundServicePermission")
fun method() {
problematicStatement()
}
```
or
```java
// Java
@SuppressWarnings("ForegroundServicePermission")
void method() {
problematicStatement();
}
```
* Using a suppression comment like this on the line above:
```kt
//noinspection ForegroundServicePermission
problematicStatement()
```
* 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="ForegroundServicePermission" 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 'ForegroundServicePermission'
}
```
In Android projects this should be nested inside an `android { }`
block.
* For manual invocations of `lint`, using the `--ignore` flag:
```
$ lint --ignore ForegroundServicePermission ...`
```
* Last, but not least, using baselines, as discussed
[here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/baselines.md.html).