Add auto-discovery of LSPosed-scoped apps via ContentProvider

Manually re-typing a package name Veil already got injected into was
redundant work. The hook now reports "I got loaded into package X" to a
small ContentProvider in Veil's own app the moment a scoped app's process
starts (found via hooking Application#attach for a reliable early Context),
which records it to SharedPreferences. Veil's settings screen lists the
union of explicitly configured apps and auto-detected ones, tagging the
latter so it's clear they haven't been customized yet.

No persistent service: the OS starts Veil's process on demand for each
call() and can kill it again right after, same footprint as everything
else in this module.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -25,5 +25,10 @@
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
 
+        <provider
+            android:name=".VeilProvider"
+            android:authorities="space.bdeshi.veil.provider"
+            android:exported="true" />
+
     </application>
 </manifest>

app/src/main/java/space/bdeshi/veil/Features.kt

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ object Features {
     const val PREFS_NAME = "veil_prefs"
     const val KEY_PREFIX = "features_"
     const val HIDDEN_PACKAGES_KEY = "hidden_packages"
+    const val DISCOVERED_PACKAGES_KEY = "discovered_packages"
+    const val PROVIDER_AUTHORITY = "space.bdeshi.veil.provider"
 
     const val ACCESSIBILITY = "accessibility"
     const val ADB = "adb"

app/src/main/java/space/bdeshi/veil/SettingsActivity.kt

@@ -178,37 +178,53 @@ class SettingsActivity : Activity() {
     private fun hiddenPackages(): Set<String> =
         prefs.getStringSet(Features.HIDDEN_PACKAGES_KEY, Features.DEFAULT_HIDDEN_PACKAGES) ?: Features.DEFAULT_HIDDEN_PACKAGES
 
+    private fun configuredPackages(): Set<String> =
+        prefs.all.keys.filter { it.startsWith(Features.KEY_PREFIX) }.map { it.removePrefix(Features.KEY_PREFIX) }.toSet()
+
+    private fun discoveredPackages(): Set<String> =
+        prefs.getStringSet(Features.DISCOVERED_PACKAGES_KEY, emptySet()) ?: emptySet()
+
     private fun refreshAppList() {
         appListContainer.removeAllViews()
-        val packages = prefs.all.keys
+        val configured = configuredPackages()
-            .filter { it.startsWith(Features.KEY_PREFIX) }
+        val packages = (configured + discoveredPackages()).sorted()
-            .map { it.removePrefix(Features.KEY_PREFIX) }
-            .sorted()
 
         if (packages.isEmpty()) {
             appListContainer.addView(TextView(this).apply {
-                text = "No apps configured yet."
+                text = "No apps yet — scope Veil to a target app in LSPosed Manager and open " +
+                    "it once, or add a package name above."
             })
             return
         }
 
         for (pkg in packages) {
-            appListContainer.addView(buildPackageCard(pkg))
+            appListContainer.addView(buildPackageCard(pkg, isDiscoveredOnly = pkg !in configured))
         }
     }
 
-    private fun buildPackageCard(pkg: String): View {
+    private fun buildPackageCard(pkg: String, isDiscoveredOnly: Boolean): View {
         val enabled = prefs.getStringSet(Features.keyFor(pkg), Features.ALL) ?: Features.ALL
 
         val card = LinearLayout(this).apply {
             orientation = LinearLayout.VERTICAL
             setPadding(0, dp(12), 0, dp(12))
         }
-        card.addView(TextView(this).apply {
+        val titleRow = LinearLayout(this).apply {
+            orientation = LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL
+            gravity = Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL
+        }
+        titleRow.addView(TextView(this).apply {
             text = pkg
             textSize = 16f
             setTypeface(typeface, Typeface.BOLD)
         })
+        if (isDiscoveredOnly) {
+            titleRow.addView(TextView(this).apply {
+                text = " (auto-detected)"
+                textSize = 13f
+            })
+        }
+        card.addView(titleRow)
         card.addView(TextView(this).apply {
             text = "Checking a box below hides that thing from this app specifically — it stays " +
                 "on for every other app."

app/src/main/java/space/bdeshi/veil/VeilHook.kt

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package space.bdeshi.veil
 
+import android.content.Context
 import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo
 import android.content.pm.PackageInfo
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager
+import android.net.Uri
 import android.os.Build
 import de.robv.android.xposed.IXposedHookLoadPackage
 import de.robv.android.xposed.XC_MethodHook
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ class VeilHook : IXposedHookLoadPackage {
     override fun handleLoadPackage(lpparam: LoadPackageParam) {
         if (lpparam.packageName == SELF_PACKAGE) return
 
+        reportScoped(lpparam)
+
         val prefs = openPrefs()
         val enabled = readEnabledFeatures(prefs, lpparam.packageName)
         if (enabled.isEmpty()) return
@@ -78,6 +82,37 @@ class VeilHook : IXposedHookLoadPackage {
         }
     }
 
+    // Lets Veil's own settings screen list this app automatically, without the user re-typing
+    // a package name it can already see was actually injected. Application#attach is the
+    // earliest reliable point at which a real Context exists in the hooked process.
+    private fun reportScoped(lpparam: LoadPackageParam) {
+        try {
+            XposedHelpers.findAndHookMethod(
+                "android.app.Application",
+                lpparam.classLoader,
+                "attach",
+                Context::class.java,
+                object : XC_MethodHook() {
+                    override fun afterHookedMethod(param: MethodHookParam) {
+                        try {
+                            val context = param.args[0] as Context
+                            context.contentResolver.call(
+                                Uri.parse("content://${Features.PROVIDER_AUTHORITY}"),
+                                "register",
+                                lpparam.packageName,
+                                null,
+                            )
+                        } catch (t: Throwable) {
+                            // Veil app unreachable — doesn't affect the hiding hooks below.
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+            )
+        } catch (t: Throwable) {
+            // Application#attach signature not present — safe to skip discovery only.
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun openPrefs(): XSharedPreferences? {
         return try {
             XSharedPreferences(SELF_PACKAGE, Features.PREFS_NAME).apply { reload() }

app/src/main/java/space/bdeshi/veil/VeilProvider.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package space.bdeshi.veil
+
+import android.content.ContentProvider
+import android.content.ContentValues
+import android.content.Context
+import android.database.Cursor
+import android.net.Uri
+import android.os.Bundle
+import java.io.File
+
+/**
+ * Exists only so hooked app processes can report "LSPosed loaded me into package X" back to
+ * Veil's own settings screen — cross-process writes to another app's SharedPreferences aren't
+ * possible any other way. No persistent service; the OS starts this app briefly on demand for
+ * each call() and it's free to be killed again right after.
+ */
+class VeilProvider : ContentProvider() {
+
+    override fun onCreate(): Boolean = true
+
+    override fun call(method: String, arg: String?, extras: Bundle?): Bundle? {
+        if (method == "register" && !arg.isNullOrBlank()) {
+            registerDiscovered(arg)
+        }
+        return null
+    }
+
+    private fun registerDiscovered(packageName: String) {
+        val ctx = context ?: return
+        val prefs = ctx.getSharedPreferences(Features.PREFS_NAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE)
+        val current = prefs.getStringSet(Features.DISCOVERED_PACKAGES_KEY, emptySet()) ?: emptySet()
+        if (packageName !in current) {
+            prefs.edit().putStringSet(Features.DISCOVERED_PACKAGES_KEY, current + packageName).apply()
+            fixPermissions(ctx)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun fixPermissions(ctx: Context) {
+        try {
+            val prefsDir = File(ctx.applicationInfo.dataDir, "shared_prefs")
+            prefsDir.setReadable(true, false)
+            prefsDir.setExecutable(true, false)
+            prefsDir.listFiles()?.forEach { it.setReadable(true, false) }
+        } catch (t: Throwable) {
+            // Best-effort.
+        }
+    }
+
+    // No actual table behind this provider — it exists purely for call().
+    override fun query(
+        uri: Uri,
+        projection: Array<String>?,
+        selection: String?,
+        selectionArgs: Array<String>?,
+        sortOrder: String?,
+    ): Cursor? = null
+
+    override fun getType(uri: Uri): String? = null
+    override fun insert(uri: Uri, values: ContentValues?): Uri? = null
+    override fun delete(uri: Uri, selection: String?, selectionArgs: Array<String>?): Int = 0
+    override fun update(uri: Uri, values: ContentValues?, selection: String?, selectionArgs: Array<String>?): Int = 0
+}