[Android-development] “gps requires ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION” error and workaround on Android API 23+

[maitai]

That seems important indeed, thanks for sharing 

Any plan on qt side for that? 

Philippe Lelong 

Le 12-02-2016 23:32, Luke Dupin a écrit : 

> As of Android API 23, there is a new way to request location permissions. It doesn't look like QT5.6 beta has been updated to use this method, so I wrote a quick work around. This API 23 change might affect the camera and contacts permissions also, I'm not sure. 
> 
> Before anyone says, I already have the fine location permission in my manifest:
> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/> 
> 
> Inside your android project, create a template. In the manifest, change:
> android:name="org.qtproject.qt5.android.bindings.QtActivity"
> to:
> android:name="com.my_company.my_project.MyActivity" 
> 
> Create the path inside your android template directory:
> src/com/my_company/my_project 
> 
> Now create the extended activity which requests the permissions as follows: 
> 
> public class MyActivity
> extends QtActivity
> {
> private static final String[] LOCATION_PERMS={
> Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
> };
> 
> private static final int LOCATION_REQUEST = 1337;
> 
> @Override
> public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
> {
> super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
> 
> //Ensure we can run the app
> if ( !canAccessLocation() ) 
> requestPermissions( LOCATION_PERMS, LOCATION_REQUEST );
> }
> 
> @Override
> public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions, int[] grantResults) 
> {
> //Figure out what was given to us
> switch(requestCode) 
> {
> case LOCATION_REQUEST:
> if ( canAccessLocation() ) 
> log("Access to location is granted");
> else 
> log("Access to location is denied");
> break;
> }
> }
> 
> private boolean hasPermission(String perm) 
> {
> return ( PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED == checkSelfPermission(perm) );
> }
> 
> public boolean canAccessLocation() 
> {
> return hasPermission(Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION);
> }
> 
> public static void log( String s )
> {
> Log.d("Radius", s );
> }
> }
> 
> This "fix" was taken from the following post:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32083913/android-gps-requires-access-fine-location-error-even-though-my-manifest-file [2] 
> 
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