title: Why Google play services dependency automatically added com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE permission
body: <p>Recently i have updated google play services dependency version to 15.0.0 it automatically added the below permission.</p>
  
  <p>i don't no wheather i need this <a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/11/google-play-referrer-api-track-and.html" rel="noreferrer">Google Play Referrer API</a> permission or not</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE" /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm able to remove this permission</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE" 
  tools:node="remove" /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but i need know which dependency will need BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE permission does the dependency really need this permission or not.</p>
  
  <p>App Level Gradle</p>
  
  <pre><code>dependencies {
  
       ext {
          support_library_version = '27.0.2'
          google_play_services_version = '15.0.0'
      }
  
      implementation 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'
      implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:${support_library_version}"
      implementation "com.android.support:design:${support_library_version}"
      implementation "com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:${support_library_version}"
      implementation "com.android.support:cardview-v7:${support_library_version}"
  
      implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:${google_play_services_version}"
      implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:${google_play_services_version}"
      implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:${google_play_services_version}"
      implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:${google_play_services_version}"
      implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:${google_play_services_version}"
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Project Level Gradle</p>
  
  <pre><code>dependencies {
      classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.1'
      classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.2.0'
    }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Note:</strong> For referrer tracking am already using google analytics </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;service   android:name="com.google.android.gms.analytics.CampaignTrackingService"
              android:enabled="true"
              android:exported="false" /&gt;
  </code></pre>