Method and electronic device for controlling permission of application program

A method for controlling a permission of an application program of an electronic device, the method comprising:

• storing a permission for accessing, by the application program, at least one among hardware components or software components of the electronic device according to a background state or a foreground state of the application program;
• classifying the permission to correspond to at least one of a normal permission and a dangerous permission based on the at least one among the hardware components or the software components to which the permission allows access;
• receiving an access request for the hardware or software components;
• operating a first activity of the application program while the application program is in the foreground state;
• converting the application program from the foreground state to the background state while the first activity is being operated;
• identifying an acquisition request from the application program for the permission;
• based on identifying that the application program is executed in the background state, the permission is classified as the dangerous permission, and the permission is not used for the first activity, preventing the application program from using the permission;
• and
• based on identifying that the application program is executed in the background state, the permission is classified as the dangerous permission, and the permission is used for the first activity, allowing use of the permission to access the at least one hardware components or software components.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including a plurality of instructions that when executed perform a method for controlling a permission of an application program of an electronic device, the method comprising:

• storing a permission for accessing, by the application program, at least one among hardware components or software components of the electronic device according to a background state or a foreground state of the application program;
• classifying the permission to correspond to at least one of a normal permission and a dangerous permission based on the at least one among the hardware components or the software components to which the permission allows access;
• receiving an access request for the hardware or software components;
• operating a first activity of the application program while the application program is in the foreground state;
• converting the application program from the foreground state to the background state while the first activity is being operated;
• identifying an acquisition request from the application program for the permission;
• based on identifying that the application program is executed in the background state, the permission is classified as the dangerous permission, and the permission is not used for the first activity, preventing the application program from using the permission;
• and
• based on identifying that the application program is executed in the background state, the permission is classified as the dangerous permission, and the permission is used for the first activity, allowing use of the permission to access the at least one hardware components or software components.