I want to show the location of the user on a Google Maps enabling my-location layer, but this functionality requires the "ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" permission to get the location from the GPS. Is it possible to prevent the GoogleMap from trying to get the location from the GPS?
If I remove the permission "ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" in the Manifest file, as soon as I try to display the map, the app crashes with the following error:
E/AndroidRuntime(28578): FATAL EXCEPTION: main E/AndroidRuntime(28578): java.lang.SecurityException: Client must have ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission to request PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY locations. E/AndroidRuntime(28578): at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1425) E/AndroidRuntime(28578): at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1379) E/AndroidRuntime(28578): at bbj.a(SourceFile:424) E/AndroidRuntime(28578): at bbn.a(SourceFile:232) E/AndroidRuntime(28578): at maps.al.b.j(Unknown Source) E/AndroidRuntime(28578): at uh.h(SourceFile:642) E/AndroidRuntime(28578): at un.a(SourceFile:399) E/AndroidRuntime(28578): at uj.a(SourceFile:158) E/AndroidRuntime(28578): at ui.handleMessage(SourceFile:111) E/AndroidRuntime(28578): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) E/AndroidRuntime(28578): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137) E/AndroidRuntime(28578): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5041) E/AndroidRuntime(28578): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) E/AndroidRuntime(28578): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511) E/AndroidRuntime(28578): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:793) E/AndroidRuntime(28578): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:560) E/AndroidRuntime(28578): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)