Android java lang SecurityException Permission Denial start Intent

Question

I have created an application containing GWVectraNotifier activity which is called from other applications to display Notification   In the Notification dialog  there will be  show  button and  close  button   Onclick of  show  button  the corresponding activity will be started   To check the functionality of the above application    I started the GWVectraNotifier activity from K9Mail application on checkmail event trigger   I am able to start the GWVectraNotifier activity successfully  but onclick of  show  button i will have to start  MessageList  activity of K9mail To do so  i wrote the below code   Intent i   new Intent    i setComponent new ComponentName  com fsck k9    com fsck k9 activity MessageList     i putExtra  account   accUuid   i putExtra  folder   accFolder   startActivity i      which throws    WARN ActivityManager 59   Permission denied  checkComponentPermission   reqUid 10050 WARN ActivityManager 59   Permission Denial  starting Intent   cmp com fsck k9  activity MessageList  has extras    from ProcessRecord 43f6d7c8 675 com i10n notifier 10052   pid 675  uid 10052  requires null WARN System err 675   java lang SecurityException  Permission Denial  starting Intent   cmp com fsck k9  activity MessageList  has extras    from ProcessRecord 43f6d7c8 675 com i10n notifier 10052   pid 675  uid 10052  requires null WARN System err 675       at android os Parcel readException Parcel java 1247  WARN System err 675       at android os Parcel readException Parcel java 1235  WARN System err 675       at android app ActivityManagerProxy startActivity ActivityManagerNative java 1298  WARN System err 675       at android app Instrumentation execStartActivity Instrumentation java 1373  WARN System err 675       at android app Activity startActivityForResult Activity java 2817  WARN System err 675       at android app Activity startActivity Activity java 2923  WARN System err 675       at com i10n notifier GWVectraNotifier 2 1 run GWVectraNotifier java 63  WARN System err 675       at android app Activity runOnUiThread Activity java 3707  WARN System err 675       at com i10n notifier GWVectraNotifier 2 onClick GWVectraNotifier java 53  WARN System err 675       at android view View performClick View java 2408  WARN System err 675       at android view View PerformClick run View java 8816  WARN System err 675       at android os Handler handleCallback Handler java 587  WARN System err 675       at android os Handler dispatchMessage Handler java 92  WARN System err 675       at android os Looper loop Looper java 123  WARN System err 675       at android app ActivityThread main ActivityThread java 4627  WARN System err 675       at java lang reflect Method invokeNative Native Method  WARN System err 675       at java lang reflect Method invoke Method java 521  WARN System err 675       at com android internal os ZygoteInit MethodAndArgsCaller run ZygoteInit java 868  WARN System err 675       at com android internal os ZygoteInit main ZygoteInit java 626  WARN System err 675       at dalvik system NativeStart main Native Method    Actually i am not able to understand what permissions to include in my Notifier application s manifest file to access MessageList of k9Mail  I am pasting below the permissions included in k9mail application s manifest file        lt uses-permission android name  android permission READ CONTACTS   gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission READ SYNC SETTINGS   gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission READ OWNER DATA   gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS NETWORK STATE   gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission INTERNET   gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission VIBRATE   gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission WAKE LOCK   gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission WRITE EXTERNAL STORAGE    gt   lt uses-permission android name  org thialfihar android apg permission READ KEY DETAILS   gt   lt permission android name  com fsck k9 permission READ ATTACHMENT              android permissionGroup  android permission-group MESSAGES              android protectionLevel  dangerous              android label   string read attachment label              android description   string read attachment desc   gt   lt uses-permission android name  com fsck k9 permission READ ATTACHMENT   gt   lt permission android name  com fsck k9 permission REMOTE CONTROL               android permissionGroup  android permission-group MESSAGES               android protectionLevel  dangerous               android label   string remote control label               android description   string remote control desc   gt   lt uses-permission android name  com fsck k9 permission REMOTE CONTROL   gt   lt permission android name  com fsck k9 permission READ MESSAGES              android permissionGroup  android permission-group MESSAGES              android protectionLevel  normal              android label   string read messages label              android description   string read messages desc   gt   lt uses-permission android name  com fsck k9 permission READ MESSAGES   gt   lt permission android name  com fsck k9 permission DELETE MESSAGES              android permissionGroup  android permission-group MESSAGES              android protectionLevel  normal              android label   string delete messages label              android description   string read messages desc   gt   lt uses-permission android name  com fsck k9 permission DELETE MESSAGES   gt               Can some one tell me which permission to include in my app  In the above permissions some are only for k9mail   because those are the permission classes written for k9  So  i will only be able to include the built-in permissions of android in the above given permissions  I tried by doing so as well  but it didn t solve my issue

User · Answer

I had this problem with this exact activity.

You can't start com.fsck.k9.activity.MessageList from an external activity.

I solved it with:

Intent LaunchK9 = getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.fsck.k9"); this.startActivity(LaunchK9);

Using http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html

User · Answer

It s easy maybe you have error in the configuration   For Example  Manifest xml    But in my configuration have for default Activity  Splash    you need check this configuration and the file Manifest xml  Good Luck

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You have to add android exported  true  in the manifest file in the activity you are trying to start   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       The default value depends on whether the activity contains intent filters  The absence of any filters means that the activity can be invoked only by specifying its exact class name  This implies that the activity is intended only for application-internal use  since others would not know the class name   So in this case  the default value is  false   On the other hand  the presence of at least one filter implies that the activity is intended for external use  so the default value is  true        This attribute is not the only way to limit an activity s exposure to other applications  You can also use a permission to limit the external entities that can invoke the activity  see the permission attribute

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The java lang SecurityException you are seeing is because you may enter two entries pointing to the same activity  Remove the second one and you should be good to go   More Explanation  You may be declared the activity 2 times in the manifest with different properties  like      lt activity android name   myclass  gt   lt  activity gt    and     lt activity android name   myclass  android label   string app name  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    You should remove the unwanted one from the manifest

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In your Manifest file write this before  lt  application  gt    lt activity android name  com fsck k9 activity MessageList  gt      lt intent-filter gt         lt action android name  android intent action MAIN  gt         lt  action gt      lt  intent-filter gt   lt  activity gt    and tell me if it solves your issue

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I solved this exception by changing the target sdk version from 19 onwards kitkat version AndroidManifest xml    lt uses-sdk         android minSdkVersion  8          android targetSdkVersion  19    gt

User · Answer

Make sure that the component has the  exported  flag set to true  Also the component defining the permission should be installed before the component that uses it

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I was running into the same issue and wanted to avoid adding the intent filter as you described   After some digging  I found an xml attribute android exported that you should add to the activity you would like to be called   It is by default set to false if no intent filter added to your activity  but if you do have an intent filter it gets set to true   here is the documentation http   developer android com guide topics manifest activity-element html exported  tl dr  addandroid exported  true  to your activity in your AndroidManifest xml file and avoid adding the intent-filter

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My problem was that I had this   Instead of this

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

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