Clean up unused Android permissions

Question

If I wanted to research how and where permissions [requested in the Mainfest.xml] were used in an Android app for the purposes of removing them is there an easy way of doing

Answer 1

In your app manifest file you should have a tab "Merged Manifest" there you can see your final manifest and the permissions you request you can click on a permission to see where it came from. (who added it - ex': sdk or what code it came from)

There is also a simple way to remove a permission by adding to manifest:

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

Also remember to add the tools at the top:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    package="...">