Is it available to set checkSelfPermission on minimum SDK < 23?

Question

New runtime permissions in Android-M asking for minimum 23 API level, but I still need minimum 16 API level in my project.

So, how to make this code more forward-compatible?

Regards

Answer 1

Use ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(), ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(), and ActivityCompat.shouldShowPermissionRequestRationale(), from the support-v4 library (v23 or higher). These are backwards-compatible; if you are running on an older version of Android, they will "do the right thing" (e.g., return PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED for ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission()).

Answer 2

Just Check your android version before get check permission:

 if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {                 if (checkSelfPermission(Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && checkSelfPermission(Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {                     // TODO: Consider calling                     //    public void requestPermissions(@NonNull String[] permissions, int requestCode)                     // here to request the missing permissions, and then overriding                     //   public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions,                     //                                          int[] grantResults)                     // to handle the case where the user grants the permission. See the documentation                     // for Activity#requestPermissions for more details.                     return;                 }             }else{               //Do Your Stuff            }