So this functionality was working previously, but I guess somewhere when I upgraded versions, it does not anymore.
I want to create dynamically an audio file (this is working), and copy it to the storage (this is working, it is currently copied to my local app storage :
Android/data/com.mypackagename/files/xxx.mp3
Then I create a new ContentValues with the data & metadata and insert it into MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI.
After that I set ringtone and launch ringtone picker to check:
RingtoneManager.setActualDefaultRingtoneUri(_instance, RingtoneManager.TYPE_RINGTONE, newUri);
Intent intent = new Intent(RingtoneManager.ACTION_RINGTONE_PICKER);intent.putExtra(RingtoneManager.EXTRA_RINGTONE_EXISTING_URI, newUri);
intent.putExtra(RingtoneManager.EXTRA_RINGTONE_DEFAULT_URI, newUri);
startActivityForResult(intent, 1);
But the ringtone set is only the ID of the media, not the name, and I can't find it in the list..
I though the Media wasn't scanned, so i tried this beforehand:
Intent scanFileIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE, newUri);
sendBroadcast(scanFileIntent);
I'm not really sure what this does, but it didn't helped.
Any clues what's going on with the current status of creating ringtone with Android Studio ?
So here was my error. I needed to correct some things in my Manifest to get the rights permissions:
//Without this folders will be inaccessible in Android-11 and above devices
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
//Without this entry storage-permission entry will not be visible under app-info permissions list Android-10 and below
<uses-permission
android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
android:maxSdkVersion="29"
tools:ignore="ScopedStorage"/>
//Without this entry the folders will remain in-accessible in Android-10, even if WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE as above is present.
<application
android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"/>
The Ringtones external root folder is not accessible from basic WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permissions anymore. We have access to app specific external folder, & others (link).
Even the Media store does not give you access to this folder, so from Android 11 & forward, you need the MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission, that gives you this warning:
Most apps are not allowed to use MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE. Because you need to ask for this permission to the user, and he might refuse..
But if you want to do what I wanted to do, you'll need it..
Be sure that your app ask for the permission through:
// permission: Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
// permission_id: 1
public Boolean checkPermission(String permission, Integer permission_id) {
if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(_instance, permission) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(_instance, new String[]{permission}, permission_id);
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(RegisterActivity.this, Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_DENIED){
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this,
new String[]{Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE}, REQUEST_READ_PHONE_STATE_PERMISSION);
i'm trying to use this function on nexus 5 api 23 and its just not showing me the dialog box like its supposed to do, it's just not doing anything.
what could cause the problem? (this code is in the java activity)
i tried changing my minimum api to 23 and use the requestPermissions() without the ActivityCompat but still not working.
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.example.idanayzen.photomap"
minSdkVersion 23
targetSdkVersion 23
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.1'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:design:23.1.1'
}
and the Manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.idanayzen.photomap">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_SMS" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
android:value="#string/google_maps_key" />
<activity
android:name=".MapsActivity"
android:label="#string/title_activity_maps" />
<activity android:name=".RegisterActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".WrongPhoneNum"></activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Here's an example of using requestPermissions():
First, define the permission (as you did in your post) in the manifest, otherwise, your request will automatically be denied:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
Next, define a value to handle the permission callback, in onRequestPermissionsResult():
private final int REQUEST_PERMISSION_PHONE_STATE=1;
Here's the code to call requestPermissions():
private void showPhoneStatePermission() {
int permissionCheck = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(
this, Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE);
if (permissionCheck != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
if (ActivityCompat.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(this,
Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE)) {
showExplanation("Permission Needed", "Rationale", Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE, REQUEST_PERMISSION_PHONE_STATE);
} else {
requestPermission(Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE, REQUEST_PERMISSION_PHONE_STATE);
}
} else {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Permission (already) Granted!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
First, you check if you already have permission (remember, even after being granted permission, the user can later revoke the permission in the App Settings.)
And finally, this is how you check if you received permission or not:
#Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(
int requestCode,
String permissions[],
int[] grantResults) {
switch (requestCode) {
case REQUEST_PERMISSION_PHONE_STATE:
if (grantResults.length > 0
&& grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Permission Granted!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
} else {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Permission Denied!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
}
private void showExplanation(String title,
String message,
final String permission,
final int permissionRequestCode) {
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
builder.setTitle(title)
.setMessage(message)
.setPositiveButton(android.R.string.ok, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
requestPermission(permission, permissionRequestCode);
}
});
builder.create().show();
}
private void requestPermission(String permissionName, int permissionRequestCode) {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this,
new String[]{permissionName}, permissionRequestCode);
}
I had the same issue and it turned out to be due to the manifest merger tool pulling in an android:maxSdkVersion attribute from a dependency.
To view the actual permissions you're requesting in your APK you can use the aapt tool, like this:
/path/to/android-sdk/build-tools/version/aapt d permissions /path/to/your-apk.apk
in my case, it printed:
uses-permission: name='android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE' maxSdkVersion='18'
even though I hadn't specified a maxSdkVersion in my manifest. I fixed this issue by changing <uses-permission> in my manifest to:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" tools:remove="android:maxSdkVersion"/>
(where the tools namespace is http://schemas.android.com/tools)
I had a need to request permission for WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE but was not getting a pop-up despite trying all of the different suggestions mentioned.
The culprit in the end was HockeyApp. It uses manifest merging to include its own permission for WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE except it applies a max sdk version onto it.
The way to get around this problem is to include it in your Manifest file but with a replace against it, to override the HockeyApp's version and success!
4.7.2 Other dependencies requesting the external storage permission (SDK version 5.0.0 and later) To be ready for Android O,
HockeySDK-Android 5.0.0 and later limit the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
permission with the maxSdkVersion filter. In some use cases, e.g.
where an app contains a dependency that requires this permission,
maxSdkVersion makes it impossible for those dependencies to grant or
request the permission. The solution for those cases is as follows:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" tools:node="replace"/>
It will cause that other attributes from low
priority manifests will be replaced instead of being merged.
https://support.hockeyapp.net/kb/client-integration-android/hockeyapp-for-android-sdk#permissions-advanced
Replace:
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{"Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"}, 225);
with:
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE}, 225);
The actual string for that permission is not "Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE". Use the symbol Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE.
It could be not a problem with a single line of your code.
On some devices (I don't recall if it is in stock Android) the Permission dialog includes a check box labeled "Never ask again". If you click Deny with the box checked then you won't be prompted again for that permission, it will automatically be denied to the app. To revert this, you have to go into Settings -> App -> Permissions and re--enable that perm for the app. Then turn it off to deny it again. You may have to open the app before turning it off again, not sure.
I don't know if your Nexus has it. Maybe worth a try.
Here is another experience I'd like to share with you guys. The problem showed up after I implemented the following code to check for BLE access permission:
final String requiredPermission = (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q && targetSdkVersion >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) ?
android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION :
android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION;
I meant to distinguish between FINE and COARSE location permission requests, both had been defined in the manifest. When checking for ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION permission, the "Request permission" dialog never poped up but onRequestPermissionsResult was always called with PERMISSION_DENIED (in case permission was not enabled in app settings). So I removed the check for BUILD.SDK and checked only for ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION and voilla the missing dialog showed up.
final String requiredPermission = android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION;
did the trick.
The Manifest source contains:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
but the apk contained android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION only. Sometime during build, the COARSE_LOCATION had been removed.
I hope this might help somebody having the same issue.
I updated my target SDK version from 22 to 23 and it worked perfectly.
Don't forget to write the permissions without extra spaces in the manifest. In my case, I had:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE " />
But look, at the end, there's an extra space. Just write it the right way:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
And it's working now.
No matter what you do, Check if you declare Permission you need in the Manifest file.
<!--Declaring the required permissions-->
<uses-permission
android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission
android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission
android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
Then go to next steps..
I followed the top answer, but still didn't work. This simple issue wasted me many days. For my case, I'm trying to get access for MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE. At the end, I found for this particular permission, we can't use ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(), instead I have to use Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_APP_ALL_FILES_ACCESS_PERMISSION. And to check if the permission is there, we also need to use a different API: Environment.isExternalStorageManager() instead of ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(), not sure why they design in such an inconsistent way cause so much confusions.
I get my issue resolved following: How to obtain MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission
And also this is mentioned in SDK document of: manage-all-files.
For me the issue was requesting a group mistakenly instead of the actual permissions.
The above information is good, but setting targetSdkVersion to 23 (or higher) is critical for Android to interpret the <uses-permission> tag in the manifest as "I will ask in code" instead of "I demand upon installation." Lots of sources will tell you that you need the <uses-permission> tag, but no one says why and if you don't have that value set, you're going to be as confused as I was for hours on end.
I came across this problem in Samsung S8 and N8 (havent found in any other)
so the problem is in the manifest file uses-permission
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"
android:requiredFeature="true" />
For some reason, the attribute android:requiredFeature is the culprit. and I haven't found the explanation on why.
to solve simply remove it,
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
In my case, target sdk 33 to 32 solves it
For me, this was related to them getting more granular with permissions in 33, related to requesting read_external_storage.
This is the kotlin code I'm using to check and request access in Jan 2023.
private fun checkPermissions():Boolean{
// version 33 gets more granular
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU) {
if (checkSelfPermission(Manifest.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES)
!= PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(
this, arrayOf(
Manifest.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES,
Manifest.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO // why isn't this plural too
),
1
)
return false
}
}else{
if (checkSelfPermission(Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)
!= PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(
this, arrayOf(
Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
),
1
)
return false
}
}
return true
}
I also had to add all 3 of these to my manifest, to support apis 31-33.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES" />
I had this same issue.I updated to buildToolsVersion "23.0.3" It all of a sudden worked. Hope this helps anyone having this issue.
I was having the same problem, and solved it by replacing Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE with android.Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE.
For me the issue was I had an invalid request code. I choose 0xDEADBEEF as a request code and it was silently failing (maybe it's cast to something smaller than 32-bit somewhere internally?) If I choose 255 everything worked fine as NightSkyDev described above.
This just happened to me. It turned out I was requesting ALL permissions, when I needed to filter to just DANGEROUS permissions, and it suddenly started working.
fun requestPermissions() {
val missingDangerPermissions = PERMISSIONS
.filter { ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, it) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED }
.filter { this.getPackageManager().getPermissionInfo(it, PackageManager.GET_META_DATA).protectionLevel == PermissionInfo.PROTECTION_DANGEROUS } // THIS FILTER HERE!
if (missingDangerPermissions.isNotEmpty()) {
Log.i(TAG, "Requesting dangerous permission to $missingDangerPermissions.")
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this,
missingDangerPermissions.toTypedArray(),
REQUEST_CODE_REQUIRED_PERMISSIONS);
return
} else {
Log.i(TAG, "We had all the permissions we needed (yay!)")
}
}
For me the error was in the manifest: the permission was in uppercase. Android Studio suggest me the permissions in uppercase. I don't care about that and it took me two hours to fixe this problem.
The right syntaxe for permission is
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
For me the problem was that right after making the request, my main activity launched another activity. That superseded the dialog so it was never seen.
TL;DR:
Add the following to your Manifest file:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" tools:remove="android:maxSdkVersion" />
Check this article, it fixed it for me:
https://nphau.medium.com/android-request-permissions-not-showing-a-dialog-box-b7f2067d7b09
it happen to me i was running it on API 23 and i had to use the code to request permission like this code below put it on on create method. note that MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_READ_LOCATION is an integer that is equal to 1 example int MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_READ_LOCATION = 1:
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
requestPermissions(new String[]{ Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION},MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_READ_LOCATION);
}
Maybe this solution could help anyone
rather than:
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE}, 1);
use :
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{android.Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE}, 1);
so we add android. to Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
I am having a couple of problems recording sound on a device. The code I am using if from the android dev site (Site Link) and is as follows:
public void onClickStart(View v) throws IllegalStateException, IOException{
startRecord();
}
public void onClickStop(View v) throws IllegalStateException, IOException{
stopRecord();
}
private void startRecord() throws IllegalStateException, IOException{
recorder = new MediaRecorder();
recorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC); //ok so I say audio source is the microphone, is it windows/linux microphone on the emulator?
recorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.THREE_GPP);
recorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.AudioEncoder.AMR_NB);
recorder.setOutputFile("/sdcard/test.3gpp");
recorder.prepare();
recorder.start();
}
private void stopRecord(){
recorder.stop();
// recorder.release();
}
With 2 buttons in the main layout which it turn both stop and start the recording (in theory that is).
But from LogCat when trying this out on my device (really cant be bothered with trying on the emulator) I get the following errors:
Error 1:
ERROR/MediaRecorder(14541): start called in an invalid state: 4
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not execute method of the activity
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
Error 2:
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /sdcard/test.3gpp (Permission denied)
And I also have the following permissions set in my Manifest.xml file:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
Silly Error here sorry, it didn't work because I had the phone mounted on my laptop so it couldn't actually reach the sdcard.
For error 2: try to use getExternalStorageDirectory() instead of "sdcard" statically, maybe that path is not valid/reachable on your device.
To others that stumble upon this, the exception does not always tell you that the FileNotFoundException is associated with a denial of permission. Check that the permission WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE exists on your AndroidManifest.xml. In the OP's case, it did.
Even if you create an external SD-Card file (using the mksdcard command) and associate it with your phone, the call to getExternalStorageDirectory() may still point to /sdcard (since the method's contract does not guarantee that it will return a non-internal storage location ). You can always use the 'adb shell' command to check if sdcard does exist. If you want to copy files to / from the sdcard, use the 'adb pull' / 'adb push' commands.
References:
http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/devices/emulator.html#sdcard
How to copy and edit files in Android shell?
writing to sdcard not working
Don't hardcore /sdcard/test.3gpp in output file, you should use getExternalStorage() use follow code:
boolean exists = (new File(android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/Record/")).exists();
if (!exists) {
new File(android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/Record/").mkdirs();
}
and set this path to output file
recorder.setOutputFile(android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+"/Record/test.3gp");
It's works for me
I'll bet some people are missing write permissions in the manifest.
Within the main manifest tag, please ensure you have the following permissions :
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>