Python Script to parse permissions from an AndroidManifest.xml file, and sort them alphabetically.

print_permissions_from_androidmanifest.py

from xml.dom.minidom import parseString

# Documentation on Permissions in AndroidManifest.xml
# https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-intro#perms

data = '' # string data from file
with open('AndroidManifest.xml', 'r') as f:
    data = f.read()

dom = parseString(data) # parse file contents to xml dom
nodes = dom.getElementsByTagName('uses-permission') # xml nodes named "uses-permission"
nodes+= dom.getElementsByTagName('uses-permission-sdk-23') # xml nodes named "uses-permission-sdk-23"

permissions = [] # holder for all permissions as we gather them
# Iterate over all the uses-permission nodes
for node in nodes:
    permissions += [node.getAttribute("android:name")] # save permissionName to our list

# Print sorted list
for permission in sorted(permissions): # sort permissions and iterate
    print(permission) # print permission name