Android- Change permissions of app

Question

I know this is not a technical question but I've searched a lot of time and can't find a suitable answer:

I would like to change the permissions of my app. You can find the app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.trigger.forge2dd999d0f14b11e1bc8612313d1adcbe&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImlvLnRyaWdnZXIuZm9yZ2UyZGQ5OTlkMGYxNGIxMWUxYmM4NjEyMzEzZDFhZGNiZSJd

If you look at "Permissions" it says:

YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
READ CONTACT DATA
Allows the app to read all of the contact (address) data stored on your tablet. Malicious apps may use this to send your data to other people. Allows the app to read all of the contact (address) data stored on your phone. Malicious apps may use this to send your data to other people.

And I would like to remove this so that the app does not read contact data of a user. Can someone tell me please how to do that?

Thanks,

enne

Answer 1

If the app doesn't actually access the contacts API, then you can safely remove the corresponding <uses-permission/> from your AndroidManifest.xml file and rebuild your APK.

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-permission-element.html

Answer 2

Just to add to Jeremy's answer about , looks like the permissions you are using are: android.permission.READ_PROFILE and android.permission.READ_CONTACTS

You need to remove those. For more details check this out: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html