Getting rid of unneccessary permissions in AndroidManifest.xml

Question

This is what kind of permissions I have in android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />

But for some of the reason in the build, in AndroidManifest.xml file ( build/intermediates/merged_manifests/debug/AndroidManifest.xml ) I have this permissions:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

Trying to find a way how to get rid of:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

Answer 1

When permissions get added like that, it means some library you depend on requires that. The only way to fix it is to change the library so it doesn't, or not use the library.