Permission Requests causes infinite loop in OnResume

Question

In API >= 23, we are required to ask users for permission at run-time. But for some reason, the permissions are causing onResume to be called infinitely. What causes this?

Answer 1

first, your app needs to check whether you have been granted a particular permission before asking runtime permission.

 if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this.getApplicationContext(),
            android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
    } else {
        ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}, REQUEST_CODE);
    }

Answer 2

A small piece of code for permissions to complete previous response :)

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 23)
        ensurePermissions(
                Manifest.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS,
                Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
        );
}

and:

@TargetApi(23)
private void ensurePermissions(String... permissions) {
    boolean request = false;
    for (String permission : permissions)
        if (checkSelfPermission(permission) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
            request = true;
            break;
        }

    if (request) {
        requestPermissions(permissions, REQUEST_CODE_PERMISSION);
    }
}

Answer 3

When you show dialog of permission question, Acitvity goes to onPause, and when dialog hides, it goes to onResume. You have to change place of asking of permission.