Messages: SMS & Text App

Access to the contacts saved on your phone

• See every contact saved on your phone, including names, numbers and emailsread your contacts · READ_CONTACTS

Access to read, send, and edit your text messages

• Read all text and picture messages stored on your phone or SIM cardread your text messages (SMS or MMS) · READ_SMS
• Receive incoming picture messages and could read or delete them before you see themreceive text messages (MMS) · RECEIVE_MMS
• Receive and read incoming text messages, including one-time login codesreceive text messages (SMS) · RECEIVE_SMS
• Send text messages from your phone, which may cost you moneysend SMS messages · SEND_SMS
• Change or delete text messages (SMS and MMS) stored on your phoneedit your text messages (SMS or MMS) · WRITE_SMS

Access to phone calls, call history, and voicemail

• Call phone numbers without your input, which may cost you moneydirectly call phone numbers · CALL_PHONE
• See your phone number, device IDs, whether a call is active, and the other caller's numberread phone status and identity · READ_PHONE_STATE

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

• Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
• Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

• Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
• Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

• Perform actions in other user profiles on the device; normally only for system appsinteract across users · INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS
• Act with full access across all user profiles on the device; normally only system appsfull license to interact across users · INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS_FULL
• Show system-level windows meant only for Android's own interface; not for normal appsdisplay unauthorized windows · INTERNAL_SYSTEM_WINDOW
• Create, remove, and manage user profiles on the device; normally only system appsmanage users · MANAGE_USERS
• See which apps you use and how often, if you allow usage accessupdate component usage statistics · PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS
• Capture what is shown on your screen, like taking a screenshotread frame buffer · READ_FRAME_BUFFER
• Change protected system settings, like security options, that normal apps cannot touchmodify secure system settings · WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
• Change volume and choose which speaker or headset plays soundchange your audio settings · MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
• Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
• Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
• Decide which apps are allowed to use which home-screen widgetschoose widgets · BIND_APPWIDGET
• Force other apps to close immediatelyforce stop other apps · FORCE_STOP_PACKAGES
• Remove apps from your recent apps list and close themstop running apps · REMOVE_TASKS
• Reopen apps from your recent apps liststart a task from recents · START_TASKS_FROM_RECENTS
• Turn off the status bar or add and remove its system iconsdisable or modify status bar · STATUS_BAR
• Act as the system status bar at the top of your screenstatus bar · STATUS_BAR_SERVICE
• Stop you from switching to another app while it is openprevent app switches · STOP_APP_SWITCHES
• Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
• Pull down or close the notification panel at the top of your screenexpand/collapse status bar · EXPAND_STATUS_BAR
• Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
• Check whether automatic sync is turned on for your accountsread sync settings · READ_SYNC_SETTINGS
• Change your phone's home screen or lock screen wallpaperset wallpaper · SET_WALLPAPER
• Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE
• Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
• Rotate your screen or lock it in portrait or landscape modechange screen orientation · SET_ORIENTATION
• Set how your wallpaper is sized on screenadjust your wallpaper size · SET_WALLPAPER_HINTS
• Receive push messages sent from the app's servers over the internetreceive data from Internet · com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE