Android check permission for LocationManager

Question

I\'m trying to get the GPS coordinates to display when I click a button in my activity layout. The following is the method that gets called when I click the button:

Answer 1

SIMPLE SOLUTION

I wanted to support apps pre api 23 and instead of using checkSelfPermission I used a try / catch

try {
   location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
} catch (SecurityException e) {
   dialogGPS(this.getContext()); // lets the user know there is a problem with the gps
}