Android: Permission Denial: starting Intent with revoked permission android.permission.CAMERA

Question

I'm trying to start a ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE activity in order to take a picture in my app and I'm getting the error in the subject.

Stacktrace:

FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: il.ac.shenkar.david.todolistex2, PID: 3293
java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: starting Intent { act=android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE cmp=com.google.android.GoogleCamera/com.android.camera.CaptureActivity } from ProcessRecord{22b0eb2 3293:il.ac.shenkar.david.todolistex2/u0a126} (pid=3293, uid=10126) 
with revoked permission android.permission.CAMERA

The camera permissions is added to the manifest.xml fie:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CALENDAR" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CALENDAR" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />

Here is the call to open the camera:

RadioGroup radioGroup = (RadioGroup) findViewById(R.id.statusgroup);
radioGroup.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new RadioGroup.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onCheckedChanged(RadioGroup group, int checkedId)
        {
            RadioButton rb = (RadioButton) findViewById(R.id.donestatusRBtn);
            if(rb.isChecked())
            {
                Intent takePictureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
                if (takePictureIntent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
                    startActivityForResult(takePictureIntent, REQUEST_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
                }
            }
        }
    });

Answer 1

Remove this permission

  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>

I faced this error executing my app in android 7. After tests I noticed user permission wasn't in project A but it was in project B, that I only tested in android 5 devices. So I remove that permission in project B in order to run it on other device that targets android 7 and it finally could open.

In adittion I added the fileprovider code that Android suggests here https://developer.android.com/training/camera/photobasics.html Hope this helps.

Answer 2

hi you can use these permission in your manifest file with other permission,

<uses-feature
    android:name="android.hardware.camera.any"
    android:required="true" />
<uses-feature
    android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus"
    android:required="false" />

Now we have very sorted way for permission handling. So,here is the steps. I have added here for kotlin.

Step 1. Declare this as global variable or any where.

private val permissions = registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.RequestMultiplePermissions()) { granted ->
        granted.entries.forEach {
            when (it.value) {
                true -> {
                    // Call whatever you want to do when someone allow the permission. 
                }
                false -> {
                    showPermissionSettingsAlert(requireContext())
                }
            }
        }
    }

Step 2.

// You can put this line in constant.
val storagePermission = arrayOf(
    Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
)

// You can put this in AppUtil. 
fun checkPermissionStorage(context: Context): Boolean {
        val result =
            ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(context, Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)

        return result == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
 }


// Put this where you need Permission check. 

    if (!checkPermissionStorage(requireContext())) {
        permissions.launch(
                storagePermission
        )
    } else {
        // Permission is already added. 
    }

Step 3. Permission rejection Dialog. If you want you can use this.

fun showPermissionSettingsAlert(context: Context) {
    val builder = AlertDialog.Builder(context)
    builder.setTitle("Grant Permission")
    builder.setMessage("You have rejected the Storage permission for the application. As it is absolutely necessary for the app to perform you need to enable it in the settings of your device. Please select \"Go to settings\" to go to application settings in your device.")
    builder.setPositiveButton("Allow") { dialog, which ->
        val intent = Intent()
        intent.action = Settings.ACTION_APPLICATION_DETAILS_SETTINGS
        val uri = Uri.fromParts("package", context.packageName, null)
        intent.data = uri
        context.startActivity(intent)
    }
    builder.setNeutralButton("Deny") { dialog, which ->

        dialog.dismiss()
    }
    val dialog = builder.create()
    dialog.show()
}

Thankyou

hope this will help you (Y).

Answer 3

Here is how I solved mine:

First of all I think the issue arises when you try to use your device Camera on (SDK < 26) without FULL permissions.

Yes, even though you have already included this permission:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>

To solve this issue I changed that to this:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" 
                 android:required="true" 
                 android:requiredFeature="true"/>

This information from the Android Docs, might be really helpful

If your application uses, but does not require a camera in order to function, instead set android:required to false. In doing so, Google Play will allow devices without a camera to download your application. It's then your responsibility to check for the availability of the camera at runtime by calling hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_CAMERA_ANY). If a camera is not available, you should then disable your camera features.