For what reason do I need permission "android.permission.WRITE_OWNER_DATA"

Question

I'm working on an old project of my company and want to look up the manifest for unused components. Doing this I found the permission android.permission.WRITE_OWNER_DATA in manifest file, but I don't know for what reason the app does need it.

Every documentation I found says that this permission "Allows an application to write (but not read) the owner's data." That's okay, but I want to know for what API / method I need the permission so I can look up the existing code, if I need it!

Thank you for your help!

Greetings, Jamic

Answer 1

I don't think you need the permission nowadays, the only reference I found is in some old android versions' contact provider; the permission was removed in version 9.