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Asked: 2026-05-23T21:11:38+00:00

I am creating an image viewer, and I want add an entry to Hey

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I am creating an image viewer, and I want add an entry to “Hey my dear user, please set this app as your default image viewer” in my app.

So, I need my app has SET_PREFERRED_APPLICATIONS permission granted. But sadly, as the doc said, this field is deprecated and no longer useful, not effective at all when I add <user-permission android:name="android.permission.SET_PERFERRED_APPLICATIONS" /> to the AndroidMenifest.xml.

But the doc doesn’t point out the alternative. Could anybody tell me how may I make that? TIA.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The point of deprecating that permission may have been to give the user full control. They will have the option of setting your app as a preferred one themselves and you can, of course, encourage them to do so, e.g. in the welcome screen if you have one. I don’t think you can do what you’re looking for but wouldn’t worry about that. If your app does what it should well, users will set it as the preferred one.

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