What could possibly result in the following permissions being added to my generated aab/apk, when th...

# android-studio

[Zoltan Demant]

What could possibly result in the following permissions being added to my generated aab/apk, when they arent visible in the Merged Manifest view in Android Studio Iguana/Jellyfish (release builds in both cases)?

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

[Zoltan Demant]

Found the underlying issue and reported it here: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/319693553