Doesn’t support Android 12 data access auditing

Author: AlJu90Created Feb 4, 2022Updated Nov 5, 2022

Overview

Android 12 data access auditing is not supported by this Library.

Expected

According to the documentation system creates null tags if no tags are declared in the manifest file, but everything is setup properly, so the right Attribution Tag should be used in every log-message:

2022-02-04 10:30:38.994 5773-5773/de.alex.example I/ExampleApplication$1[logPrivateDataAccess] - 103: Private data accessed. Operation: android:coarse_location Attribution Tag:locationAccessExample Stack Trace: android.app.AppOpsManager.noteProxyOpNoThrow(AppOpsManager.java:8389) androidx.core.app.AppOpsManagerCompat.noteProxyOpNoThrow(AppOpsManagerCompat.java:177) androidx.core.content.PermissionChecker.checkPermission(PermissionChecker.java:114) androidx.core.content.PermissionChecker.checkSelfPermission(PermissionChecker.java:134) permissions.dispatcher.PermissionUtils.hasSelfPermission(PermissionUtils.java:99) permissions.dispatcher.PermissionUtils.hasSelfPermissions(PermissionUtils.java:79) 2022-02-04 10:30:38.996 5773-5773/de.alex.example I/ExampleApplication$1[logPrivateDataAccess] - 103: Private data accessed. Operation: android:fine_location Attribution Tag:locationAccessExample Stack Trace: android.app.AppOpsManager.noteProxyOpNoThrow(AppOpsManager.java:8389) androidx.core.app.AppOpsManagerCompat.noteProxyOpNoThrow(AppOpsManagerCompat.java:177) androidx.core.content.PermissionChecker.checkPermission(PermissionChecker.java:114) androidx.core.content.PermissionChecker.checkSelfPermission(PermissionChecker.java:134) permissions.dispatcher.PermissionUtils.hasSelfPermission(PermissionUtils.java:99) permissions.dispatcher.PermissionUtils.hasSelfPermissions(PermissionUtils.java:79) 2022-02-04 10:30:40.674 5773-5773/de.alex.example I/ExampleApplication$1[logPrivateDataAccess] - 103: Private data accessed. Operation: android:fine_location Attribution Tag:locationAccessExample Stack Trace: android.app.AppOpsManager.noteOpNoThrow(AppOpsManager.java:8256) vqe.j(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190400-414534850):0) akkc.j(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190400-414534850):24) akjm.apply(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190400-414534850):0) akkf.j(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190400-414534850):24) akil.j(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190400-414534850):0) akiz.j(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190400-414534850):1) akil.j(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190400-414534850):0)

Actual

Instead the Attribution Tag is null when using this library:

2022-02-04 10:30:38.994 5773-5773/de.alex.example I/ExampleApplication$1[logPrivateDataAccess] - 103: Private data accessed. Operation: android:coarse_location Attribution Tag:null Stack Trace: android.app.AppOpsManager.noteProxyOpNoThrow(AppOpsManager.java:8389) androidx.core.app.AppOpsManagerCompat.noteProxyOpNoThrow(AppOpsManagerCompat.java:177) androidx.core.content.PermissionChecker.checkPermission(PermissionChecker.java:114) androidx.core.content.PermissionChecker.checkSelfPermission(PermissionChecker.java:134) permissions.dispatcher.PermissionUtils.hasSelfPermission(PermissionUtils.java:99) permissions.dispatcher.PermissionUtils.hasSelfPermissions(PermissionUtils.java:79) 2022-02-04 10:30:38.996 5773-5773/de.alex.example I/ExampleApplication$1[logPrivateDataAccess] - 103: Private data accessed. Operation: android:fine_location Attribution Tag:null Stack Trace: android.app.AppOpsManager.noteProxyOpNoThrow(AppOpsManager.java:8389) androidx.core.app.AppOpsManagerCompat.noteProxyOpNoThrow(AppOpsManagerCompat.java:177) androidx.core.content.PermissionChecker.checkPermission(PermissionChecker.java:114) androidx.core.content.PermissionChecker.checkSelfPermission(PermissionChecker.java:134) permissions.dispatcher.PermissionUtils.hasSelfPermission(PermissionUtils.java:99) permissions.dispatcher.PermissionUtils.hasSelfPermissions(PermissionUtils.java:79) 2022-02-04 10:30:40.674 5773-5773/de.alex.example I/ExampleApplication$1[logPrivateDataAccess] - 103: Private data accessed. Operation: android:fine_location Attribution Tag:locationAccessExample Stack Trace: android.app.AppOpsManager.noteOpNoThrow(AppOpsManager.java:8256) vqe.j(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190400-414534850):0) akkc.j(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190400-414534850):24) akjm.apply(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190400-414534850):0) akkf.j(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190400-414534850):24) akil.j(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190400-414534850):0) akiz.j(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190400-414534850):1) akil.j(:com.google.android.gms@[email protected] (190400-414534850):0)

Environment

  • Version 4.9.1 is used
  • Issue was observed on a Google Pixel 4 (Android 12) but should be reproducible on any device running Android 11 or 12

Reproducible steps

Issue can be reproduced on any small example app following the short documentation and the usage guide of this library.

Source: permissions-dispatcher/PermissionsDispatcher