Can you request permissions synchronously in Android Marshmallow (API 23)'s runtime permissions model?

Question

Say you have a method like this:

public boolean saveFile (Url url, String content) {

   // save the file, this can be done a lot of different ways, but
   // ba         


        

Answer 1

You can Add a blocking helper method like this:

@TargetApi(23) 
public static void checkForPermissionsMAndAboveBlocking(Activity act) {
    Log.i(Prefs.TAG, "checkForPermissions() called");
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
        // Here, thisActivity is the current activity
        if (act.checkSelfPermission(
                Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)
                != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {


            // No explanation needed, we can request the permission.
            act.requestPermissions(
                    new String[]{
                          Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
                    },
                    0);

            while (true) {
                if (act.checkSelfPermission(
                        Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)
                        == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {

                    Log.i(Prefs.TAG, "Got permissions, exiting block loop");
                    break;
                }
                Log.i(Prefs.TAG, "Sleeping, waiting for permissions");
                try { Thread.sleep(1000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
            }

        }
        // permission already granted
        else {
            Log.i(Prefs.TAG, "permission already granted");
        }
    }
    else {
        Log.i(Prefs.TAG, "Below M, permissions not via code");
    }

}