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VRC.Quest.Security.2
Updated: Jul 31, 2024
Criteria
The app must request the minimum number of permissions required to function and may not include permissions that are unsupported.
VRC platform requirement
 Required ✓Recommended +
Meta Horizon Store
✓
 
2D Meta Horizon Store
✓
 
Additional details
Be sure you know the purpose of every permission declared in the app manifest and remove any that are unnecessary.
A list of prohibited Android permissions, which are never allowed, is available at Prohibited Android Permissions.
A list of review-requiring Android permissions, which are only allowed if necessary for your specifiic app, is available at Review-Requiring Android Permissions.
To learn how to remove undesired permissions from your app, see Remove Permissions from your Manifest.
Steps to test
  1. Review the permissions declared in the Android manifest. (See Determining Permissions Used By Your App.)
  2. Verify that the app uses every permission it declares.
  3. Verify that none of the declared permissions are prohibited.
Expected result
  • The app has a functional use for every permission declared.
  • The app doesn’t declare any prohibited permissions.
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