android-permissions

I'm trying to write a photo on the SD card without success. I've got the permissions to write in the removable storage and the sd card is mounted. Also, I checked that the path to the SD card exists and I have obtained a positive result. Where it fails is when I use the mkdir() function. It returns false and no file is created. I have tested on both a Samsung A6(Marshmallow) and a Samsung Tab4(Lollipop) This is the snippet of code I'm using to retrieve the path to the SD-card. Because the standard procedure didn't work with Samsung devices, I'm using this snippet of code that I took from a

Recently my ola cabs application , after the latest update, asked for location permission at runtime. It did not open the location settings screen but just by clicking on yes, my location (GPS) of the device was turned on and the application proceeded without going to location settings or any settings screen. This feature was about to come in android M and is available on the MNC preview only, so I am guessing it cannot be used in devices at this point of time. So how is this application implementing this feature? It is using SettingsApi in the Play Services SDK 7.0+, to display the location

I am trying to request user permissions at runtime. The API is 23 and I want to pick up an image from the phone's gallery. Following some snippets, this is the code I have so far: In the onCreate() of the Activity I check: if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.CAMERA) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) { imageUploader5.setEnabled(true); ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[] { Manifest.permission.CAMERA, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE }, 0); } Then I override: @Override public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[]

This is the first time I ask a question here. Anyway, as the title says, I'm trying to put my application on the market. When I try to upload the signed apk, I get the error: Upload failed Duplicate declarations of permission android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE with different maxSdkVersions. I tried searching through the existent questions, but I can't find a solution. ... <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /> <uses-permission

I start image picker intent using: final Intent pickIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI); pickIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_ALLOW_MULTIPLE, true); startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_IMAGE); and in onActivityResult() I get uris of all picked images and start Jobs which run in background and upload those images ( https://github.com/yigit/android-priority-jobqueue ). But if I press back button and exit out of activity then any job that was not started, can't access picked image when it runs and throws an exception: java.lang.SecurityException: