Screen overlay detected blocks Android permissions

Question

I\'ve noticed a strange issue with my Android app on my new phone. SDK 23 permission popups like external storage are blocked by the attached alert below. I initially though

Answer 1

This popup became an issue with the inclusion of the permissions manager in Android Marshmallow. If you have any apps installed on you phone that have permission to overlay on the screen there are a number of permission settings, File access included, that you can't change without disabling those screen overlay permissions first. For me, my text app and the facebook messenger app are the culprits. Every time I want to give any other app the requested permissions I have to click the Open Settings option on that popup and revoke the screen overlay access for the two aforementioned apps, then reopen the app in question to get the permission prompt again. Then I have to re-enable the overlay permissions again if I want my message popups or my chat heads. It's really annoying. I think your app is fine, android's permissions management is just a confusing mess.