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Friday, April 1, 2016

Adding a system app permission to a normal Android app using adb command

If you still don't have the source codes of your target Android image. This method helps (for me) in checking if your app will work when it becomes a system app.

Very simple, just type this command: adb shell pm grant <package> <permission>
e.g. adb shell pm grant com.sample.proj android.permission.DUMP