Videolabs · VLC Media Player is a multimedia player app that opens almost any video or audio on Android.
VLC is a free, open-source multimedia player for discovering, organizing, and playing video and audio content stored on the device or available through network and streaming sources. It provides a media library, playlist management, folder-based browsing, search, playback controls, and configurable media-access settings.
Written from a FlyTrap agent exploring the app on a real device, not from the store listing. It covers only the screens that run reached, so anything behind a login, paywall or region lock is absent.
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30 permissions requested at runtime. Colors reflect platform sensitivity tier.
Connect to paired Bluetooth devices.
Read files from shared external storage. Replaced by READ_MEDIA_* on Android 13+.
Write files to shared external storage. No-op for apps targeting Android 11+.
Record audio from the microphone.
Read audio files from shared storage.
Read video files from shared storage.
Read image files from shared storage.
Post notifications to the system.
Required for foreground services of type specialUse.
Broad access to shared storage. Granted from system settings; restricted by Play policy.
Control the vibrator.
Modify system settings. Granted from system settings.
Open network sockets.
Receive the BOOT_COMPLETED broadcast.
Run a foreground service.
Required for foreground services of type mediaPlayback.
Required for foreground services of type dataSync.
Change network connectivity state.
Read connectivity information.
Keep the device awake.
Modify global audio settings.
Connect to paired Bluetooth devices on Android 11 and below.
Draw windows on top of other apps. Granted from system settings.
What FlyTrap detected inside VLC Media Player.
VLC is a free, open-source multimedia player for discovering, organizing, and playing video and audio content stored on the device or available through network and streaming sources. It provides a media library, playlist management, folder-based browsing, search, playback controls, and configurable media-access settings. This comes from a FlyTrap agent exploring the app on a real device, so it covers only the screens that run reached.
VLC Media Player by Videolabs is built with Native Android. FlyTrap determined this by analyzing the app's compiled binary, not from anything the developer published.
VLC Media Player requests 30 permissions. 8 of these are sensitive, such as Connect to Bluetooth devices, Read storage and Write storage. Each is listed above with its platform sensitivity tier.
FlyTrap reports what an app contains, it does not issue a safety verdict. VLC Media Player requests 30 permissions (8 sensitive) and bundles 0 third-party SDKs. Reviewing those alongside the developer helps you decide what you are comfortable granting.
The version FlyTrap analyzed targets Android.
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