FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION in manifest

[michael-konexus]

When I went to submit my app to the Play Console I was surprised by this error message:

Your app uses the FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION permission. You can only use this permission if your app performs tasks noticeable to the user when they're not directly interacting with your app.

To resolve this, I was prompted to give some justification for why I was using this permission. (My app doesn't need/want this permission.)

After some spelunking I tracked it down to the shaky library's manifest:

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

    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="21" />

    <!-- Permission for foreground service -->
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
    <!-- Permission specifically for media projection foreground service type on Android 10+ -->
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION" />

    <application android:supportsRtl="true" >
        <activity android:name="com.linkedin.android.shaky.FeedbackActivity" />

        <!-- Foreground service for MediaProjection -->
        <service
            android:name="com.linkedin.android.shaky.ScreenCaptureService"
            android:enabled="true"
            android:exported="false"
            android:foregroundServiceType="mediaProjection" />
    </application>

</manifest>

I downgraded back to v3.0.11 to avoid the issue. Is this really necessary to have in the library??

[li-advait]

Thanks for reporting this. Will release a new version this weekend which would not need this permission.