Permissions

  • A Permissions resource represents an extra capability for an Android app that requires explicit consent from an enterprise admin.

  • The permissions collection is read-only and provides information like localized name and description for use in the MDM user interface.

  • The resource includes properties like description, name, and permissionId.

  • The get method retrieves details of an Android app permission for display to an enterprise admin.

For a list of methods for this resource, see the end of this page.

Resource representations

A Permissions resource represents some extra capability, to be granted to an Android app, which requires explicit consent. An enterprise admin must consent to these permissions on behalf of their users before an entitlement for the app can be created.

The permissions collection is read-only. The information provided for each permission (localized name and description) is intended to be used in the MDM user interface when obtaining consent from the enterprise.

{
  "kind": "androidenterprise#permission",
  "permissionId": string,
  "name": string,
  "description": string
}
Property name Value Description Notes
description string A longer description of the Permissions resource, giving more details of what it affects.
kind string
name string The name of the permission.
permissionId string An opaque string uniquely identifying the permission.

Methods

get
Retrieves details of an Android app permission for display to an enterprise admin.