Unity Ads Unnecessary Android Permissions

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Unity Ads require 5 permissions for android:

  • android.permission.INTERNET
  • android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
  • android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

“INTERNET” permission i understand, i have used some other Ad SKD with only internet permission required.

My questions is “why” does unity require all of these permissions to work?
Are they unnecessary?

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Hi IGY.

You are correct not all of these are necessary.

A new version is coming out with these permissions:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

External storage is for caching video ad files, the other permissions are IMO quite self-evident.

Cheers,
Heikki