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Devices/Android versions reproduced on: from WearOS Android 9 to WearOS Android 14

Requesting android.Manifest.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES crashes the system permission dialog, making it impossible to grant install permissions to the app.

val launcher = rememberLauncherForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.RequestPermission()) {}
launcher.launch(android.Manifest.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES)

Manually granting permission from system settings (Settings > Apps & notifications > App Info > [Our app] > Advanced > Install unknown apps -> ON) and checking it via context.checkSelfPermission(android.Manifest.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES) returns PackageManager.PERMISSION_DENIED

Using ADB to grant the permission via adb shell pm grant [package name] android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES throws the following error:

java.lang.SecurityException: Permission android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES requested by com.apkmirror.helper is not a changeable permission type
        at com.android.server.pm.permission.PermissionManagerServiceImpl.grantRuntimePermissionInternal(PermissionManagerServiceImpl.java:1398)
        at com.android.server.pm.permission.PermissionManagerServiceImpl.grantRuntimePermission(PermissionManagerServiceImpl.java:1324)
        at com.android.server.pm.permission.PermissionManagerService.grantRuntimePermission(PermissionManagerService.java:612)
        at android.permission.PermissionManager.grantRuntimePermissionInternal(PermissionManager.java:668)
        at android.permission.PermissionManager.grantRuntimePermission(PermissionManager.java:631)
        at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerShellCommand.runGrantRevokePermission(PackageManagerShellCommand.java:2968)
        at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerShellCommand.onCommand(PackageManagerShellCommand.java:319)
        at com.android.modules.utils.BasicShellCommandHandler.exec(BasicShellCommandHandler.java:97)
        at android.os.ShellCommand.exec(ShellCommand.java:38)
        at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService$IPackageManagerImpl.onShellCommand(PackageManagerService.java:6539)
        at android.os.Binder.shellCommand(Binder.java:1230)
        at android.os.Binder.onTransact(Binder.java:1043)
        at android.content.pm.IPackageManager$Stub.onTransact(IPackageManager.java:4617)
        at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService$IPackageManagerImpl.onTransact(PackageManagerService.java:6523)
        at android.os.Binder.execTransactInternal(Binder.java:1505)
        at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:1444)

Our only workaround is to use Shizuku to bypass permissions altogether.