HIW Player is an Android app developed by Hiwapps (hiwappsmobile@outlook.com). Others apps created by Hiwapps are: Web Browser, Camera for Android.

HIW Player first became available on 14 Mar 2015. It is estimated that HIW Player has been downloaded between 500000 and 1000000 times from the Play Store.

HIW Player 0.0.3 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to modify global audio settings.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows an application to read the low-level system log files.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows access to the vibrator.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write to external storage.

Allows an application to read or write the system settings.