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Question by Xyxn · Jun 16, 2015 at 05:37 AM · androidand

READ_PHONE_STATE permission since 5.1

since 5.1 i my apps asking for READ_PHONE_STATE permission, which gives bad reputation and is unacceptable. no, i didnt change my manifest at all someone with the same issue/concerns?

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avatar image mark71 · Jun 18, 2015 at 11:43 AM 0
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Yes, I am waiting for answer. I posted a question some days ago and created a thread in the android forum. Someone else has created a bug report. I make games for kids and this permission leads to bad ratings and many questions. I hope that it is a bug as it is not mentioned in the 5.1 release notes. Only Unity can explain why this permission has been added but so far, there has been no word from them. I don't understand why it takes so long, it is not a difficult question for Unity.

avatar image Dave-Carlile · Jun 18, 2015 at 12:48 PM 0
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I'm sure you can appreciate that they're likely getting thousands of questions daily, for probably much more serious things.

Are you able to change the manifest and remove the permission? That would at least give you a workaround.

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yes there are ways to modify a apk, google was my friend and helped me alot. if someone has a question about modifying feel free to message me. about those 'thousands of questions' sure i guess they get many but if i am not completely wrong i read a statement somewhere that unity is the most used engine for mobileplatform. if that's the case i doubt the 'much more serious things'

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Answer by Kastar-Troy · Apr 11, 2018 at 01:11 AM

Posted this elsewhere but hope this helps someone:

So this is a really crappy change in the manifest merger, cause it seems to be responding to files which have nothing to do with the manifest.

I made a blank project and copied across my plugins folder to reproduce, and it did. I then went to remove anything which could cause be affected, and it turns out it wasnt any of the actual plugins, it was /plugins/Android/res/, which was simply a collection of xml files containing localised strings, and png files.

what the actual F is this manifest merger doing?

Anyway, easy way to find out what is putting Read State into your config, is trial and error with a copied version of your project, keep deleting stuff in plugins till read state disappears. Bit of Scientific method always does the trick.

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