uses-permission vs permission for android permissions in the manifest.xml file

Question

I noticed that there are two types of permissions in the manifest file, \"permission\" and \"uses-permission\" like the two shown below;

Answer 1

In short, the one you needed is the uses-permission statement.

Androird Document now has a dedicated page discussing these two usages.

In the Using Permissions part, it explains that

    
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is used to declare what permissions you'd like to use.

While in Defining and Enforcing Permissions you can see that

    
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is used to define your own permission.