Android - java lang SecurityException Permission Denial starting Intent

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I have a library  jar  on build path of my project  The project accesses the MainActivity in the jar  using the following intent   final Intent it   new Intent    it setClassName  com example lib    com example lib MainActivity    startActivity it     It used to work for sometime  but suddenly started getting  ActivityNotFoundException  No Activity found to handle Intent  which I was able to resolve  But now I am stuck with a  java lang SecurityException  Permission Denial  starting Intent    I have tried all suggestions made on stackoverflow  check for duplicates in manifest file  add android exported  true  to lib manifest  Eclipse  Project  Clean  adding  modifying  intent-filter  tags  etc    I even tried re-writing the manifest of the project but not going anywhere with it   Here s the logcat output   11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626   FATAL EXCEPTION  main 11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626   java lang SecurityException  Permission     Denial  starting Intent   cmp com example lib  MainActivity   from ProcessRecord 40dd3778     4626 com example project u0a10046   pid 4626  uid 10046  not exported from uid 10047 11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at android os Parcel readException Parcel java 1425  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at android os Parcel readException Parcel java 1379  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at android app ActivityManagerProxy startActivity ActivityManagerNative java 1885  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at android app Instrumentation execStartActivity Instrumentation java 1412  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at android app Activity startActivityForResult Activity java 3370  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at android app Activity startActivityForResult Activity java 3331  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at android support v4 app FragmentActivity startActivityForResult FragmentActivity java 824  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at android app Activity startActivity Activity java 3566  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at android app Activity startActivity Activity java 3534  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at com example project MainActivity onOptionsItemSelected MainActivity java 93  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at android app Activity onMenuItemSelected Activity java 2548  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at android support v4 app FragmentActivity onMenuItemSelected FragmentActivity java 366  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at com android internal policy impl PhoneWindow onMenuItemSelected PhoneWindow java 980  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at com android internal view menu MenuBuilder dispatchMenuItemSelected MenuBuilder java 735  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at com android internal view menu MenuItemImpl invoke MenuItemImpl java 149  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at com android internal view menu MenuBuilder performItemAction MenuBuilder java 874  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at com android internal view menu ActionMenuView invokeItem ActionMenuView java 547  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at com android internal view menu ActionMenuItemView onClick ActionMenuItemView java 115  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at android view View performClick View java 4204  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at android view View PerformClick run View java 17355  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at android os Handler handleCallback Handler java 725  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at android os Handler dispatchMessage Handler java 92  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at android os Looper loop Looper java 137  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at android app ActivityThread main ActivityThread java 5041  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at java lang reflect Method invokeNative Native Method  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at java lang reflect Method invoke Method java 511  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at com android internal os ZygoteInit MethodAndArgsCaller run ZygoteInit java 793   11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at com android internal os ZygoteInit main ZygoteInit java 560  11-07 06 20 52 176  E AndroidRuntime 4626       at dalvik system NativeStart main Native Method    Manifest XML of Project    lt manifest xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  package  com example project  android versionCode  4  android versionName  4 0   gt    lt  -- Permissions -- gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS NETWORK STATE    gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission INTERNET    gt   lt supports-screens android anyDensity  true    gt    lt  -- SDK Settings -- gt   lt uses-sdk     android minSdkVersion  11      android targetSdkVersion  18    gt    lt  -- APP Start -- gt   lt application     android allowBackup  true      android icon   drawable ic launcher      android label   string app name      android theme   style AppTheme   gt    lt  -- App Activity -- gt       lt activity         android name  com example project MainActivity          android label   string app name          android screenOrientation  portrait   gt           lt intent-filter gt               lt action android name  android intent action MAIN    gt               lt category android name  android intent category LAUNCHER    gt           lt  intent-filter gt       lt  activity gt    lt  -- Library Activity -- gt       lt activity android name  com example lib MainActivity  android label  LibMain  gt            lt intent-filter gt           lt action android name  android intent action MAIN  gt  lt  action gt        lt  intent-filter gt       lt  activity gt    lt  application gt   lt  -- END - APP -- gt    lt  manifest gt    What am I overlooking  Any suggestions   EDIT  I updated the manifest xml with all other activities  amp  somehow  that resolved the problem  The intent activity starts up without any errors  BUT  this is only on AVD  On actual device  it is still throwing same error  I have uninstalled the app from device completely and reinstalled  yet the same error

User · Accepted Answer

You need to set android exported  quot true quot  in your AndroidManifest xml file where you declare this Activity   lt activity     android name  quot com example lib MainActivity quot      android label  quot LibMain quot       android exported  quot true quot  gt       lt intent-filter gt           lt action android name  quot android intent action MAIN quot   gt           lt  action gt       lt  intent-filter gt   lt  activity gt

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Select your proper configuration for launching Application   In my case i found mistake as below image     I had just changed like     May it will help to someone  Thanks

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Similar to Olayinka s answer about the configuration file for ADT  I just had the same issue on IntelliJ s IdeaU v14   I m working through a tutorial that had me change the starting activity from MyActivity to MyListActivity  Which is a list of MyActivity   I started getting Permissions Denial   After much trial  toil and pain  In  idea workspace xml         lt configuration default  false  name  MyApp  type  AndroidRunConfigurationType  factoryName  Android Application  gt       lt module name  MyApp    gt       lt option name  ACTIVITY CLASS  value  com domain MyApp MyActivity    gt           lt  configuration gt        I changed the MyActivity to MyListActivity  reloaded the project and I m off to a rolling start again   Not sure which IDE you are using  but maybe your IDE is overriding or forcing a specific starting activity

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If you are trying to test your app coded in android studio through your android phone  its generally the issue of your phone  Just uncheck all the USB debugging options and toggle the developer options to OFF  Then restart your phone and switch the developer and USB debugging on  You are ready to go

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In my case  this error was due to incorrect paths used to specify intents in my preferences xml file after I renamed the project  For instance  where I had    lt PreferenceScreen xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt       lt Preference         android key  pref edit recipe key          android title  Add Edit Recipe  gt           lt intent             android action  android intent action VIEW              android targetPackage  com ssimon olddirectory              android targetClass  com ssimon olddirectory RecipeEditActivity   gt       lt  Preference gt   lt  PreferenceScreen gt     I needed the following instead    lt PreferenceScreen xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt       lt Preference         android key  pref edit recipe key          android title  Add Edit Recipe  gt           lt intent             android action  android intent action VIEW              android targetPackage  com ssimon newdirectory              android targetClass  com ssimon newdirectory RecipeEditActivity   gt   lt  Preference gt    Correcting the path names fixed the problem

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if we make the particular activity as   android exported  true    it will be the launching activity  Click on the module name just to the left of the run button and click on  Edit configurations     Now make sure  Launch default Activity  is selected

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Add android exported  true  in your  com example lib MainActivity  activity tag   From the android exported documentation      android exported   Whether or not the activity can be launched by components of other applications      true  if it can be  and  false  if not  If  false   the activity can be launched only by components of the same application or applications with the same user ID    From your logcat output  clearly a mismatch in uid is causing the issue  So adding the android exported  true  should do the trick

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I was facing this issue on a react-native project and it came after adding a splash screen activity and making it the launcher activity   This is the change i made in my android manifest XML file on the MainActivity configuration    x000D   x000D   lt activity x000D          android name   MainActivity  x000D          android label   string app name  x000D          android configChanges  keyboard keyboardHidden orientation screenSize  x000D          android windowSoftInputMode  adjustResize   gt  x000D         lt activity android name  com facebook react devsupport DevSettingsActivity    gt  x000D   x000D   x000D    I added the android exported true and the activity configuration looked like this    x000D   x000D    lt activity x000D          android name   MainActivity  x000D          android exported  true  x000D          android label   string app name  x000D          android configChanges  keyboard keyboardHidden orientation screenSize  x000D          android windowSoftInputMode  adjustResize   gt  x000D         lt activity android name  com facebook react devsupport DevSettingsActivity    gt  x000D      x000D   x000D   x000D

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This is only for android studio  So I ran into this problem recently  The issue was in the build run configuration  Apparently android studio had chosen an activity in my project as the launch activity thus disregarding my choice in the manifest file   Click on the module name just to the left of the run button and click on  Edit configurations     Now make sure  Launch default Activity  is selected   The funny thing when I got this error was that I could still launch the app with from the device and it starts with the preferred Activity  But launching from the IDE seemed impossible

[android] Android - java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: starting Intent

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