(Android Studio Speech Recognizer) I'm getting error 9 (insufficient Privileges) even though I have given it RECORD_AUDIO and INTERNET

Question

package blessupboys.speechtest;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.speech.RecognitionListener;
import android.speech.RecognizerIntent;
import android.speech.SpeechRecognizer;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import android.util.Log;



public class VoiceRecognitionTest extends Activity implements OnClickListener
{

    private TextView mText;
    private SpeechRecognizer sr;
    private static final String TAG = "MyStt3Activity";
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_voice_recognition_test);
        Button speakButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_speak);
        mText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);
        speakButton.setOnClickListener(this);
        sr = SpeechRecognizer.createSpeechRecognizer(this);
        sr.setRecognitionListener(new listener());
    }

    class listener implements RecognitionListener
    {
        public void onReadyForSpeech(Bundle params)
        {
            Log.d(TAG, "onReadyForSpeech");
        }
        public void onBeginningOfSpeech()
        {
            Log.d(TAG, "onBeginningOfSpeech");
        }
        public void onRmsChanged(float rmsdB)
        {
            Log.d(TAG, "onRmsChanged");
        }
        public void onBufferReceived(byte[] buffer)
        {
            Log.d(TAG, "onBufferReceived");
        }
        public void onEndOfSpeech()
        {
            Log.d(TAG, "onEndofSpeech");
        }
        public void onError(int error)
        {
            Log.d(TAG,  "error " +  error);
            mText.setText("error " + error);
        }
        public void onResults(Bundle results)
        {
            String str = new String();
            Log.d(TAG, "onResults " + results);
            ArrayList data = results.getStringArrayList(SpeechRecognizer.RESULTS_RECOGNITION);
            for (int i = 0; i < data.size(); i++)
            {
                Log.d(TAG, "result " + data.get(i));
                str += data.get(i);
            }
            mText.setText("results: "+String.valueOf(data.size()));
        }
        public void onPartialResults(Bundle partialResults)
        {
            Log.d(TAG, "onPartialResults");
        }
        public void onEvent(int eventType, Bundle params)
        {
            Log.d(TAG, "onEvent " + eventType);
        }
    }
    public void onClick(View v) {
        if (v.getId() == R.id.btn_speak)
        {
            Intent intent = new Intent(RecognizerIntent.ACTION_RECOGNIZE_SPEECH);
            intent.putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_LANGUAGE_MODEL,RecognizerIntent.LANGUAGE_MODEL_FREE_FORM);
            intent.putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_CALLING_PACKAGE,"voice.recognition.test");

            intent.putExtra(RecognizerIntent.EXTRA_MAX_RESULTS,5);
            sr.startListening(intent);
            Log.i("111111","11111111");
        }
    }
}

And My Android Manifest File looks like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="blessupboys.speechtest">

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

        <activity android:name=".MainActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity
            android:name=".VoiceRecognitionTest"
            android:label="@string/title_activity_voice_recognition_test"
            android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar"></activity>
    </application>

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />

</manifest>

My logs show that it stops because of error 9 generated in the onError() function.

01-19 20:04:57.776 18480-18480/? I/art: Not late-enabling -Xcheck:jni (already on)
01-19 20:04:57.925 18480-18480/blessupboys.speechtest W/System: ClassLoader referenced unknown path: /data/app/blessupboys.speechtest-2/lib/x86
01-19 20:04:58.341 18480-18515/blessupboys.speechtest D/OpenGLRenderer: Use EGL_SWAP_BEHAVIOR_PRESERVED: true
01-19 20:04:58.443 18480-18515/blessupboys.speechtest I/OpenGLRenderer: Initialized EGL, version 1.4
01-19 20:04:58.497 18480-18515/blessupboys.speechtest W/EGL_emulation: eglSurfaceAttrib not implemented
01-19 20:04:58.497 18480-18515/blessupboys.speechtest W/OpenGLRenderer: Failed to set EGL_SWAP_BEHAVIOR on surface 0xad79f260, error=EGL_SUCCESS
01-19 20:04:59.033 18480-18480/blessupboys.speechtest I/Choreographer: Skipped 39 frames!  The application may be doing too much work on its main thread.
01-19 20:10:09.965 18480-18480/blessupboys.speechtest I/111111: 11111111
01-19 20:10:10.049 18480-18480/blessupboys.speechtest D/MyStt3Activity: error 9

I am trying to run this sample program to try to get familiar with the Speech Recognizer software..

Could this be an issue being caused by the fact that I'm running it on android studio rather than a real device? I am pretty stuck on this.

Answer 1

In case anyone comes to this question and none of the other answers help, you might want to try requesting permissions using the following code:

private void requestRecordAudioPermission() {
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
        String requiredPermission = Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO;

        // If the user previously denied this permission then show a message explaining why
        // this permission is needed
        if (checkCallingOrSelfPermission(requiredPermission) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_DENIED) {
            requestPermissions(new String[]{requiredPermission}, 101);
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

Error 9 ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS is also thrown when google does not have record_audio permission.

Check the Settings -> Apps -> Google -> Permissions -> Microphone

Answer 3

It was just a problem with it not being supported on emulators. It works on a physical device.