Android - Limit app permissions *before* installing app Whenever I go to change app permissions for on app on my Android, I do it after it has already been installed. Is there any way I can modify those permissions before I do the installation?

Update:

With the traditional way a period of time passes, however small, between the time you install the app and the time you update/restrict its permissions. During this period the app could be accessing the data (and uploading to its server) that you are trying to restrict (contacts, identity, etc.). Right?
You can't change app settings before the app has been installed. 

However if you are concerned about data leakage I would do the following:


Download the apk to your device
Disable all network connections
Install the app 
Change the app permissions according your preferences
Open the app manager and select the just installed app
Force the app to quit and delete the app data and caches (just to make sure)


Afterwards you can safely re-enable network access

Anyway, for common permissions the app have to ask before it can be used the first time. Therefore it is unclear to me what permissions you are referring to that could be directly used without that you have explicitly granted access to.