BlackBerry Launcher is an Android app developed by BlackBerry Limited (BlackBerry Limited 2200 University Avenue East Waterloo, ON N2K 0A7 Canada). Others apps created by BlackBerry Limited are: BlackBerry Services.

BlackBerry Launcher first became available on 04 Mar 2016. It is estimated that BlackBerry Launcher has been downloaded between 1000000 and 5000000 times from the Play Store.

BlackBerry Launcher 1.1.0.5672 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Marker permission for applications that wish to access notification policy.

Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.

Allows an application to tell the AppWidget service which application can access AppWidget's data. The normal user flow is that a user picks an AppWidget to go into a particular host, thereby giving that host application access to the private data from the AppWidget app. An application that has this permission should honor that contract.

Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.

Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.

Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.

Allows an application to change whether an application component (other than its own) is enabled or not.

Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.

Allows an application to expand or collapse the status bar.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to read the user's calendar data.

Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows applications to read the sync settings.

Allows applications to read the sync stats.

Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting. If you don't request this permission, you will not receive the broadcast at that time. Though holding this permission does not have any security implications, it can have a negative impact on the user experience by increasing the amount of time it takes the system to start and allowing applications to have themselves running without the user being aware of them. As such, you must explicitly declare your use of this facility to make that visible to the user.

Allows an application to change the Z-order of tasks.

Allows an application to broadcast an Intent to set an alarm for the user.

Allows applications to set the wallpaper.

Allows applications to set the wallpaper hints.

Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_SYSTEM_ALERT, shown on top of all other apps. Very few apps should use this permission; these windows are intended for system-level interaction with the user.

Allows access to the vibrator.

Allows an application to read or write the system settings.