Unwanted Android Permission

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I have been trying for 4 weeks now to remove unwanted permissions:

  • android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
  • android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
  • android.permission.VIBRATE
  • android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
  • android.permission.INTERNET
  • android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • com.android.vending.BILLING
  • com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE

I have been able to remove ACCESS_WIFI_STATE, MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS, VIBRATE and WAKE_LOCK. This was done creating an android UPL file and removing the permissions, but it did nothing for the last 4 items on my list.

This cannot be an uncommon problem, but I am amazed there is no help for this at all.

I do not know if these permissions are being set as hardcoded defaults or by some magical file somewhere?

All these permissions are defined by an xml format, it would have been nice if they added an attribute that stated who the owner is, so we can find that plugin or code and remove it.

Notes:
Unreal 5.3
Shipping Mode
Plugin Online Subsystem Google is disabled
Plugin Online Sybsystem GooglePlay is disabled

Plugin GooglePAD is enabled

Any thoughts,
Peter

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I was personally able to remove permissions by creating a ManifestRequirementsOverride.txt in [ProjectName]/Build/Android/ (same folder as your keystore)

The content looks like this in my case:

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="26"/>
<uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00030002" android:required="true" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" tools:node="remove"/>
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