Permissions

The permissions Namida uses and why. Nothing is used for tracking, there are no analytics at all.

Always Used

• WAKE_LOCK, FOREGROUND_SERVICE & FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK: keep the app alive for media playback, otherwise the system would kill playback randomly.
• INTERNET: used for many things, like artist/album images, streaming, downloads, lyrics and more.
• READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (Android <= 12): list files from indexer folders only.
• READ_MEDIA_AUDIO (Android 13+): list audio files from indexer folders only.
• READ_MEDIA_VIDEO (Android 13+): list video files from indexer folders only, for video playback.
• READ_MEDIA_IMAGES (Android 13+): list image files from indexer folders only, for fallback covers like cover.jpg.
• VIBRATE: vibrate/haptic feedback for some actions, can be turned off in ⚙️ Configure Vibration ↗.
• QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES: to allow opening custom equalizer apps.

Requested When Needed

• WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (Android <= 10) & MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE / all files access (Android 10+): used for actions that write files, like:
  • editing audio tags
  • creating or auto restoring backups
  • saving artworks
  • deleting files
  • compressing images & fixing yt-dlp images
  • exporting playlists as M3U
  • downloading YouTube content
  • playing tracks from a root folder
  • the in-app file browser
• Folder access: only for folders added with the Storage Access Framework, Namida keeps access to the folder you pick. 🆕 v8.2.0
• POST_NOTIFICATIONS: show notifications like history import, download or server caching progress.
• REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS: improve downloads, they can be slowed down when the app is battery restricted.
• WRITE_SETTINGS: to set audio as ringtone, etc.
• USB device access: only with USB direct access, to use your USB DAC. Asked again after unplugging? See why. 🆕 v7.8.0