ALLOW button not working after update

Question

On the devices which have installed the latest update of Android Marshmallow - that is June2016 update, when I ask for permissions, the ALLOW button is not working.

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Answer 1

EDIT: It has been marked as a defect in the last android and it will be fix in a future release of the OS. Bug report

EDIT 2: File manager email me that they fix this feature in their app. I have not try File Manager anymore, but if you update the app it should not give you this problem anymore. But basically this behavior, could be from any app doing overlay in a wrong way until android fix it.

I finally got it (at least in my case)... its the f**** File Manager app's service. If its service is stopped, the permissions work again.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rhmsoft.fm

I had this app before the update to "MOB30M" and the runtime permissions where working without a problem (is my daily job to program this) and i have been using the file manager to put the release APK inside the phone and run it to install the APK. So is not some app that I installed today.

What I fund awful is that one app can make crash all the permission system.

It's and overly problem

I understand that the permission system is not being crashed, since an app could be used to falsify the dialogs, BUT shouldn’t then Android (Google) tell you that you have an app that is running on the top and that if you want to give permissions to the app you should uninstall XXXX app? I mean for the sake of the User Experience.

A normal user, would think that his phone is broken and probably would send the phone back to google or the carrier xD

Come on, let's be honest, cant android make this better? Is not like you need your phone rooted to have this behavior (my phone is not rooted). If you dont inform the user what's going on, then is like is broken

Answer 2

Its android marshmallow 6.0.1 issue. As per Google support, they are working on this issue https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=213120

Answer 3

I was about to report the same issue but here it is already registered,i am facing this since 2 months, no idea why but the 'Allow' button doesnt work in my NEXUS 6P phone also. It seems this problem is only running in the nexus series

@Google and android team : Please fix this,its really annoying as to how many times we are facing this issue i mean for each app ,one needs to keep going to setting for the workaround for manually setting permissions.

Its really a silly bug :/

Answer 4

In my case Clean Master's iSwipe was causing this issue, Disable ISWIPE feature in their settings

Answer 5

Uninstalled File Manager and downloaded it again, "Allow" button suddenly works again.