<permission android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_SCOPED_ACCESS_DIRECTORY_PERMISSIONS"
android:protectionLevel="signature" />
- <!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to delete cache files.
- <p>Not for use by third-party applications. -->
+ <!-- @SystemApi Old permission for deleting an app's cache files, no longer used,
+ but signals for us to quietly ignore calls instead of throwing an exception. -->
<permission android:name="android.permission.DELETE_CACHE_FILES"
android:protectionLevel="signature|privileged" />
+ <!-- Allows an application to delete cache files.
+ @hide -->
+ <permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNAL_DELETE_CACHE_FILES"
+ android:protectionLevel="signature" />
+
<!-- @SystemApi Allows an application to delete packages.
<p>Not for use by third-party applications.
<p>Starting in {@link android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES#N}, user confirmation is requested
public void deleteApplicationCacheFilesAsUser(final String packageName, final int userId,
final IPackageDataObserver observer) {
final int callingUid = Binder.getCallingUid();
- mContext.enforceCallingOrSelfPermission(
- android.Manifest.permission.DELETE_CACHE_FILES, null);
+ if (mContext.checkCallingOrSelfPermission(
+ android.Manifest.permission.INTERNAL_DELETE_CACHE_FILES)
+ != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
+ // If the caller has the old delete cache permission, silently ignore. Else throw.
+ if (mContext.checkCallingOrSelfPermission(
+ android.Manifest.permission.DELETE_CACHE_FILES)
+ == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
+ Slog.w(TAG, "Calling uid " + callingUid + " does not have " +
+ android.Manifest.permission.INTERNAL_DELETE_CACHE_FILES +
+ ", silently ignoring");
+ return;
+ }
+ mContext.enforceCallingOrSelfPermission(
+ android.Manifest.permission.INTERNAL_DELETE_CACHE_FILES, null);
+ }
mPermissionManager.enforceCrossUserPermission(callingUid, userId,
/* requireFullPermission= */ true, /* checkShell= */ false,
"delete application cache files");