When to request permission at runtime for Android Marshmallow 6.0?

Question

I am testing my app on Marshmallow 6.0 and it\'s getting force closed for the android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, even if it is defined in th

Answer 1

A good explanation and HowTo can be found here:

https://inthecheesefactory.com/blog/things-you-need-to-know-about-android-m-permission-developer-edition/en

I wrote this code to check and request the permissions at runtime in a BaseActivity.class which is parent of every other Activity.class I implemented:

public static final int PERMISSION_REQUEST = 42;
public static final int MULTIPLE_PERMISSION_REQUEST = 43;

//Marshmallow Permission Model
public boolean requestPermission(String permission /* Manifest.permission...*/) {
    if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this,
            permission) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
        if (Utils.hasMarshmallow())
            ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this,
                    new String[]{permission}, PERMISSION_REQUEST
            );
        else {
            requestPermissions(new String[]{permission},
                    PERMISSION_REQUEST);
        }
        return false;
    } else {
        return true;
    }
}

public boolean requestPermission(String... permissions) {
    final List permissionsList = new ArrayList();

    for (String perm : permissions) {
        addPermission(permissionsList, perm);
    }

    if (permissionsList.size() > 0) {
        if (Utils.hasMarshmallow())
            requestPermissions(permissionsList.toArray(new String[permissionsList.size()]),
                    MULTIPLE_PERMISSION_REQUEST);
        else
            ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, permissionsList.toArray(new String[permissionsList.size()]),
                    MULTIPLE_PERMISSION_REQUEST);
        return false;
    } else
        return true;
}


private boolean addPermission(List permissionsList, String permission) {
    if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, permission) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
        permissionsList.add(permission);
        // Check for Rationale Option
        if (Utils.hasMarshmallow())
            if (!shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(permission))
                return false;
    }
    return true;
}

@Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode,
                                       String permissions[], int[] grantResults) {
    switch (requestCode) {
        case PERMISSION_REQUEST:
        case MULTIPLE_PERMISSION_REQUEST: {
            // If request is cancelled, the result arrays are empty.
            if (grantResults.length > 0
                    && grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {

                // permission was granted, yay! Do the
                // contacts-related task you need to do.

            } else {

                // permission denied, boo! Disable the
                // functionality that depends on this permission.
            }
            return;
        }

        // other 'case' lines to check for other
        // permissions this app might request
    }
}

Simply example call:

activity.requestPermission(Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE);

Return result will let you know if the permission is already granted or not.