page.title=&lt;uses-permission&gt;
@jd:body

<dl class="xml">
<dt>syntax:</dt>
<dd><pre class="stx">&lt;uses-permission android:<a href="#nm">name</a>="<i>string</i>" /&gt;</pre></dd>

<dt>contained in:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/manifest-element.html">&lt;manifest&gt;</a></code></dd>

<dt>description:</dt>
<dd>Requests a permission that the application must be granted in 
order for it to operate correctly.  Permissions are granted when the 
application is installed, not while it's running.

<p>
For more information on permissions, see the 
<a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro.html#perms">Permissions</a></code> 
section in the introduction and the separate 
<a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/security/security.html">Security and Permissions</a> document.  
A list of permissions defined by the base platform can be found at 
{@link android.Manifest.permission android.Manifest.permission}.

<dt>attributes:</dt>
<dd><dl class="attr">
<dt><a name="nm"></a>{@code android:name}</dt>
<dd>The name of the permission.  It can be a permission defined by the 
application with the <code><a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/permission-element.html">&lt;permission&gt;</a></code> 
element, a permission defined by another application, or one of the 
standard system permissions, such as "{@code android.permission.CAMERA}" 
or "{@code android.permission.READ_CONTACTS}".  As these examples show, 
a permission name typically includes the package name as a prefix.</dd>

</dl></dd>

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<dt>introduced in:</dt>
<dd>API Level 1</dd>

<dt>see also:</dt>
<dd><code><a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/permission-element.html">&lt;permission&gt;</a></code></dd>

</dl>
