Game requests permission to read phone state but NONE of my manifests have that permission in it

Hi,

The only permission that i see in the manifest files that i have is :

Code (CSharp):

1. android.permission.INTERNET

yet whenever i run the game on device, it asks for permission to read phone and contacts information, when i open the manifest inside Temp\StagingArea i do see the request to read phone state, here is the full manifest content :

Code (CSharp):

1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
2. <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" package="com.hidden.game" android:versionCode="3" android:versionName="2.3" android:installLocation="preferExternal">
3.   <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="21" android:targetSdkVersion="27" />
4.   <supports-screens android:anyDensity="true" android:largeScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:smallScreens="true" android:xlargeScreens="true" />
5.   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
6.   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
7.   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
8.   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
9.   <application android:icon="@drawable/app_icon" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/UnityThemeSelector" android:isGame="false" android:banner="@drawable/app_banner">
10.     <activity android:name="com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="portrait" android:launchMode="singleTask" android:configChanges="mcc|mnc|locale|touchscreen|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|fontScale|layoutDirection|density">
11.       <intent-filter>
12.         <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
13.         <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
14.       </intent-filter>
15.       <meta-data android:name="unityplayer.UnityActivity" android:value="true" />
16.     </activity>
17.     <meta-data android:name="io.fabric.ApiKey" android:value="70418cbaf12012ef266c9d170326ef4293fef28b" />
18.     <meta-data android:name="io.fabric.unity.crashlytics.version" android:value="1.2.5" />
19.     <meta-data android:name="io.fabric.crashlytics.qualified" android:value="com.crashlytics.android.Crashlytics" />
20.     <meta-data android:name="io.fabric.crashlytics.unqualified" android:value="Crashlytics" />
21.     <meta-data android:name="io.fabric.kits" android:value="crashlytics" />
22.     <meta-data android:name="io.fabric.InitializationType" android:value="Automatic" />
23.     <meta-data android:name="unity.build-id" android:value="f221d2f3-918c-4005-a864-613d5419c9b9" />
24.     <meta-data android:name="unity.splash-mode" android:value="0" />
25.     <meta-data android:name="unity.splash-enable" android:value="True" />
26.     <meta-data android:name="android.max_aspect" android:value="2.1" />
27.   </application>
28.   <uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00020000" />
29.   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
30.   <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen" android:required="false" />
31.   <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch" android:required="false" />
32.   <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct" android:required="false" />
33. </manifest>

is there any solution to know the cause of this, without having to remove all plugins and add them one by one ?

Thanks!

 

Did you already try doing a search in the project for manifest files? I'd double check every single one to see what they have for permissions.

 

okay will do thanks, but does the versions matters ?
is this okay to use :

Code (CSharp):

1. <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="21" android:targetSdkVersion="27" />

 

yeah man i did check them all

 

Hmm what plugins do you use?

 

I added minSdkVersion="21" and target ="27" to all of my manifest files, also the manifest file in the stagineArea have that too, but the game is still asking for "phone state" permission ...

 

• Google AdMob Mediation (Unity Ads, Vungle, AdMob)
• Fabric Crashlytics
• Game Analytics
• Google Play Games
• Easy Mobile Pro (from the asset store) to do Native functionalities (sharing, rating, native pop-up)

 

Hi again,

After making sure all "exposed" AndroidManifest files are correct, i started digging into .aar files, and found that the the only one that is asking for the READ_PHONE_STATE permission is actually The official Unity Purchasing plugin


that screenshot is from : Assets\Plugins\UnityPurchasing\Bin\Android\CloudMoolah.aar\AndroidManifest.xml

EDIT: this issue actually started happened after updating unity IAP ~2 weeks ago.

so i removed that and updated the .aar file, but the game is still asking for that permission.
This got me thinking about your minimum SDK suggestion, my final manifest file have the "wanted" minimum and target SDK :


However, you said that all manifest files must have the same min and target SDK, which i did for the exposed manifest files, but does this mean i have to change it for all the manifests inside the .aar files too ?? and is this mentionned anywhere in the documentation ? cause Unity IAP for example uses a minimum SDK of 9, which i don't even have installed in my SDK manager, so i really don't see a reason to follow that suggestion.

Thanks!

 

SOLVED
it was Fabric Crashlytics...

 

Thanks for taking the time to report what helped you

 

Hi there,
i am having trouble in one case.there is no permission given for contacts and calls.though its asking for permission for those.really frustrating..

 

But in my case, I just put same min & max SDK version to every manifest file, And it did actually solve my problem.