Drop requirement for android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES (#106)

Drop need for QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES without dropping any features

Fix #101

Author: Kaljurand

app/build.gradle

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ android {
         applicationId 'ee.ioc.phon.android.speak'
         minSdkVersion 23
         targetSdkVersion 33
-        versionCode 1900
-        versionName '1.9.00'
+        versionCode 1901
+        versionName '1.9.01'
         vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
         // Keep only en and et resources
         resConfigs 'en', 'et'
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ android {
     lint {
         // TODO: in the future check for Kotlin-Java interop
         //check 'Interoperability'
-        disable 'ResourceType', 'AppLinkUrlError', 'EllipsizeMaxLines', 'RtlSymmetry', 'Autofill', 'QueryAllPackagesPermission'
+        disable 'ResourceType', 'AppLinkUrlError', 'EllipsizeMaxLines', 'RtlSymmetry', 'Autofill'
     }
     namespace 'ee.ioc.phon.android.speak'
 }

app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -40,16 +40,6 @@
     mute the audio stream during recognition. -->
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY" />
 
-    <!-- TODO: try to avoid having to request this permission (and then enable QueryAllPackagesPermission)
-    Android v11. We query packages for several reasons:
-    1) finding speech recognizer providers (this query is declared below in the queries-section)
-    2) finding TTS service providers (this query is declared below in the queries-section)
-    3) listing apps (with icon and launch intent) that have previously launched Kõnele
-    4) launching intents (e.g. setting the alarm or opening maps) via rewrites
-    It is unclear if use-cases 3 and 4 could be instead declared via the queries-section.
-    -->
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES" />
-
     <!-- Custom permission required by GetPutPreferenceActivity to be able to read/write the Kõnele settings. -->
     <!--
     <uses-permission android:name="ee.ioc.phon.android.speak.permission.GET_PUT_SETTING" />
@@ -96,6 +86,10 @@
             <!-- Packages that provide TTS services -->
             <action android:name="android.intent.action.TTS_SERVICE" />
         </intent>
+        <intent>
+            <!-- This seems to be needed to be able to show the labels and icons of apps, queried by package name. -->
+            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+        </intent>
     </queries>
 
     <application

app/src/main/java/ee/ioc/phon/android/speak/AppListCursorAdapter.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011, Institute of Cybernetics at Tallinn University of Technology
+ * Copyright 2011-2023, Institute of Cybernetics at Tallinn University of Technology
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
+import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;
 import android.database.Cursor;
-import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
@@ -58,18 +58,16 @@ public AppListCursorAdapter(Context context, Cursor c, boolean autoRequery) {
     public void bindView(View view, Context context, Cursor c) {
         String packageName = c.getString(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(App.Columns.FNAME));
 
-        String label = "";
-        Drawable icon = null;
+        ApplicationInfo ai = null;
         try {
-            label = mPm.getApplicationLabel(mPm.getApplicationInfo(packageName, 0)).toString();
-            icon = mPm.getApplicationIcon(packageName);
+            ai = mPm.getApplicationInfo(packageName, 0);
         } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
-            // Intentionally empty
+            // The given package has been uninstalled from the device
         }
 
         // App label which can be "" if the app has been uninstalled.
         TextView itemAppName = view.findViewById(R.id.itemAppName);
-        itemAppName.setText(label);
+        itemAppName.setText(ai == null ? "" : mPm.getApplicationLabel(ai));
 
         // App package name (comes from the DB)
         TextView itemAppFname = view.findViewById(R.id.itemAppFname);
@@ -81,11 +79,11 @@ public void bindView(View view, Context context, Cursor c) {
 
         // App icon (can be null if the app has been uninstalled)
         ImageView itemAppIcon = view.findViewById(R.id.itemAppIcon);
-        if (icon == null) {
+        if (ai == null) {
             itemAppIcon.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
         } else {
             itemAppIcon.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
-            itemAppIcon.setImageDrawable(icon);
+            itemAppIcon.setImageDrawable(mPm.getApplicationIcon(ai));
         }
 
         // Grammar URL assigned to the app (comes from the DB)

app/src/main/java/ee/ioc/phon/android/speak/demo/ChatDemoActivity.kt

@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ class ChatDemoActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
             private var mRewriters: Iterable<UtteranceRewriter>? = null
 
             override fun onComboChange(language: String, service: ComponentName) {
-                mRewriters = Utils.genRewriters(mPrefs, mRes, arrayOf("Base", "Commands"),
-                        CommandMatcherFactory.createCommandFilter(language, service, componentName))
+                mRewriters = Utils.genRewriters(
+                    mPrefs, mRes, arrayOf("Base", "Commands"),
+                    CommandMatcherFactory.createCommandFilter(language, service, componentName)
+                )
             }
 
             override fun onFinalResult(results: List<String>, bundle: Bundle) {
@@ -96,22 +98,26 @@ class ChatDemoActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         siv.init(R.array.keysActivity, callerInfo, false, null)
         siv.setListener(speechInputViewListener, null)
 
-        (findViewById(android.R.id.list) as ListView).onItemClickListener = AdapterView.OnItemClickListener { parent, _, position, _ ->
-            val entry = parent.adapter.getItem(position)
-            startActivity(entry.toString())
-        }
+        (findViewById<ListView>(android.R.id.list)).onItemClickListener =
+            AdapterView.OnItemClickListener { parent, _, position, _ ->
+                val entry = parent.adapter.getItem(position)
+                startActivity(entry.toString())
+            }
     }
 
     private fun startActivity(intentAsJson: String) {
         try {
-            IntentUtils.startActivityIfAvailable(this, JsonUtils.createIntent(intentAsJson))
+            IntentUtils.startActivity(this, JsonUtils.createIntent(intentAsJson))
         } catch (e: JSONException) {
             toast(e.localizedMessage)
+        } catch (e: SecurityException) {
+            toast(e.localizedMessage)
         }
     }
 
     private fun updateListView(list: List<String>) {
-        (findViewById(android.R.id.list) as ListView).adapter = ArrayAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, list)
+        (findViewById<ListView>(android.R.id.list)).adapter =
+            ArrayAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, list)
     }
 
     private fun toast(message: String) {