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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-129944

A "strong assertion" does not help safely exclude android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION from manifest

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    • Android
    • 5
    • cba3c3004 (6.8), 0df76339f (6.8), e6aa48dc2 (6.8), e28adc19e (6.8), c55b14f03 (6.8), 785e56f62 (6.8), 3b5499c93 (6.8), 057c405bd (dev)
    • Foundation Sprint 118, Foundation Sprint 119

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      It is said that "Currently on Android the android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission is requested together with Bluetooth permissions. This is required for Bluetooth to work properly, unless the application provides a strong assertion in the application manifest that it does not use Bluetooth to derive a physical location":
      https://doc.qt.io/qt-6.7/qbluetoothpermission.html#requirements

      But my reproducer cannot properly get Bluetooth permission granted unless I have android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION in my manifest. A strong assertion of

      android:usesPermissionFlags="neverForLocation"
      

      does not help.

      In detail, my manifest defines permissions like:

          <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
          <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
          <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
          <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN" />
          <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN" android:usesPermissionFlags="neverForLocation"/>
          <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADVERTISE" />
          <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT" />
      

      Deploy as it is and click button to request permission - it fails anyway even though you "allow". You need to add

      <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
      

      to make it work.

      Built with Android platform SDK 34 and tried both Android 14 and 15 devices.

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