How to deal with removal of a permission for a broadcast receiver in Android M?

Question

I\'ve got some legacy code which I am making permission safe for Marshmallow.

There is a broadcast using the PHONE_STATE permission as follows:

Answer 1

As for the permission in Android Marsmallow you may want to check for permission before your receiver is called like this:

// Here, thisActivity is the current activity
if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(thisActivity,
                Manifest.permission.PHONE_STATE)
        != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {

    // Should we show an explanation?
    if (ActivityCompat.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(thisActivity,
            Manifest.permission.PHONE_STATE)) {

        // Show an expanation to the user *asynchronously* -- don't block
        // this thread waiting for the user's response! After the user
        // sees the explanation, try again to request the permission.

    } else {

        // No explanation needed, we can request the permission.

        ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(thisActivity,
                new String[]{Manifest.permission.PHONE_STATE},
                MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_PHONE_STATE);

        // MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_READ_CONTACTS is an
        // app-defined int constant. The callback method gets the
        // result of the request.
    }
}

It is a late answer but i hope it helps someone!!!