App installation fails in Android 12 devices

Question

Our app fails to install after migrating to the targetSdkVersion 31. On trying to find the issue we found that a library was using FLASHLIGHT permission and we were getting this error while installing:

Installation failed due to: 'Failed to commit install session 130765275 with command cmd package install-commit 130765275. Error: -127: Package com.xxxx.yyyy.zzzz attempting to declare permission android.permission.FLASHLIGHT in non-existing group android.permission-group.HARDWARE_CONTROLS'

Permissions used in the manifest file of library:

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

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" />

<permission
    android:name="android.permission.FLASHLIGHT"
    android:permissionGroup="android.permission-group.HARDWARE_CONTROLS"
    android:protectionLevel="normal" />

Is there any workaround to this issue?

Answer 1

android.permission-group.HARDWARE_CONTROLS is deprecated in targetSdkVersion 31 . The work around is to remove the permission used by library in your manifest by

<permission
      android:name="permissionOne"
      tools:node="remove"
      tools:selector="com.example.lib1">

tools:node="remove"

will remove the permission from the App if its used in any of your libraries