ActivityCompat.requestPermissions does not show prompt

Question

I\'m attempting to request ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permissions in order to get the user\'s current location.

My logging indicates that my app does not curr

Answer 1

I will share the code that works for me. In the protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {} method of my activity where I want to see the prompt, I included this code:

    /* Check whether the app has the ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission and whether the app op that corresponds to
     * this permission is allowed. The return value is an int: The permission check result which is either
     * PERMISSION_GRANTED or PERMISSION_DENIED or PERMISSION_DENIED_APP_OP.
     * Source: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/content/PermissionChecker.html
     * While testing, the return value is -1 when the "Your location" permission for the App is OFF, and 1 when it is ON.
     */
    int permissionCheck = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION);
    // The "Your location" permission for the App is OFF.
    if (permissionCheck == -1){
        /* This message will appear: "Allow [Name of my App] to access this device's location?"
         * "[Name of my Activity]._instance" is the activity.
         */
        ActivityCompat.requestPermissions([Name of my Activity]._instance, new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}, REQUEST_CODE_ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION);
    }else{
        // The "Your location" permission for the App is ON.
        if (permissionCheck == 0){
        }
    }

Before the protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {} method, I created the following constant and method:

public static final int REQUEST_CODE_ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION = 1; // For implementation of permission requests for Android 6.0 with API Level 23.

// Code from "Handle the permissions request response" at https://developer.android.com/training/permissions/requesting.html.
@Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode,
                                       String permissions[], int[] grantResults) {
    switch (requestCode) {
        case REQUEST_CODE_ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION: {
            // If request is cancelled, the result arrays are empty.
            if (grantResults.length > 0
                    && grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {

                // permission was granted, yay! Do the
                // location-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
    }
}