Get full human-readable labels for Android permissions. Run `adb shell pm list permissions -g -f > permissions_dump.txt` on an Android device, then run this Gist to convert to pandas-friendly CSV.

android_permissions_labels.py

'''
    Get full human-readable labels for Android permissions. 
    Run `adb shell pm list permissions -g -f > permissions_dump.txt` on an Android device, 
    then run this Gist to convert to pandas-friendly CSV.
'''
from rsonlite import simpleparse
import pandas as pd
OUTFILE = 'android_permissions.csv'
def permission_labels(permissions_dumpfile):
    print('Parsing permissions dumpfile...')
    groupcols = ['group','group_package','group_label','group_description']
    pcols = ['permission','package','label','description','protectionLevel']
    sp = simpleparse(open(permissions_dumpfile,'r').read())
    df = pd.DataFrame(columns=groupcols+pcols)
    record = {}
    ungrouped_d = dict.fromkeys(groupcols, 'ungrouped')
    for group in sp[1]:
        record['group'] = group.split(':')[1]
        if record['group'] == '':
            for permission in sp[1][group]:
                record['permission'] = permission.split(':')[1]
                for permission_attr in sp[1][group][permission]:
                    label, val = permission_attr.split(':')
                    record[label.replace('+ ','')] = val
                df.loc[df.shape[0]] = {**record, **ungrouped_d}
        else:
            for group_attr in sp[1][group]:
                if isinstance(group_attr, str):
                    label, val = group_attr.split(':')
                    record['group_'+label.replace('+ ','')] = val
                else:
                    for permission in group_attr:
                        record['permission'] = permission.split(':')[1]
                        for permission_attr in group_attr[permission]:
                            label, val = permission_attr.split(':')
                            record[label.replace('+ ','')] = val
                        df.loc[df.shape[0]] = record
    print("Parsed. Saving to '{}'...".format(OUTFILE))
    df.to_csv(OUTFILE)
    print('Saved.')

if __name__ == "__main__":
  permission_labels('permissions_dump.txt')