"You cannot change private secure settings" - how to toggle ringtone vibration in Android 6?

Question

Due to recent changes in Android 6 Marshmallow regarding permissions, the following code no longer works and throws an exception.

Settings.System.putInt(getContentResolver(), "vibrate_when_ringing", 0);

This happens even after granting WRITE_SETTINGS permission to the app:

Intent intent = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_WRITE_SETTINGS);
Uri uri = Uri.fromParts("package", getActivity().getPackageName(), null);
intent.setData(uri);
startActivityForResult(intent, WRITE_SETTINGS_PERMISSION_REQUEST_CODE);
//at this point Settings activity is opened and user is prompted for permission

...

if (Settings.System.canWrite(this)) { //now returns true, because permissions were granted
    Settings.System.putInt(getContentResolver(), "vibrate_when_ringing", 0); //still crashes
} else {
    Log.w(LOG_TAG, "No permission to write settings.");
}

How can I change the ringtone vibration settings (and similar secure settings) in Android 6?

Full stack trace:

10-12 02:26:37.728 1927-2765/? E/DatabaseUtils: Writing exception to parcel
10-12 02:26:37.728 1927-2765/? E/DatabaseUtils: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: You cannot change private secure settings.
10-12 02:26:37.728 1927-2765/? E/DatabaseUtils:     at com.android.providers.settings.SettingsProvider.warnOrThrowForUndesiredSecureSettingsMutationForTargetSdk(SettingsProvider.java:1173)
10-12 02:26:37.728 1927-2765/? E/DatabaseUtils:     at com.android.providers.settings.SettingsProvider.enforceRestrictedSystemSettingsMutationForCallingPackage(SettingsProvider.java:1030)
10-12 02:26:37.728 1927-2765/? E/DatabaseUtils:     at com.android.providers.settings.SettingsProvider.mutateSystemSetting(SettingsProvider.java:906)
10-12 02:26:37.728 1927-2765/? E/DatabaseUtils:     at com.android.providers.settings.SettingsProvider.insertSystemSetting(SettingsProvider.java:874)
10-12 02:26:37.728 1927-2765/? E/DatabaseUtils:     at com.android.providers.settings.SettingsProvider.call(SettingsProvider.java:257)
10-12 02:26:37.728 1927-2765/? E/DatabaseUtils:     at android.content.ContentProvider$Transport.call(ContentProvider.java:398)
10-12 02:26:37.728 1927-2765/? E/DatabaseUtils:     at android.content.ContentProviderNative.onTransact(ContentProviderNative.java:283)
10-12 02:26:37.728 1927-2765/? E/DatabaseUtils:     at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:453)
10-12 02:26:37.729 10084-11411/<package_name> E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: IntentService[DetectedActivityIntentService]
10-12 02:26:37.729 10084-11411/<package_name> E/AndroidRuntime: Process: <package_name>, PID: 10084
10-12 02:26:37.729 10084-11411/<package_name> E/AndroidRuntime: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: You cannot change private secure settings.
10-12 02:26:37.729 10084-11411/<package_name> E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel(DatabaseUtils.java:165)
10-12 02:26:37.729 10084-11411/<package_name> E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel(DatabaseUtils.java:135)
10-12 02:26:37.729 10084-11411/<package_name> E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.content.ContentProviderProxy.call(ContentProviderNative.java:646)
10-12 02:26:37.729 10084-11411/<package_name> E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.provider.Settings$NameValueCache.putStringForUser(Settings.java:1322)
10-12 02:26:37.729 10084-11411/<package_name> E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.provider.Settings$System.putStringForUser(Settings.java:1671)
10-12 02:26:37.729 10084-11411/<package_name> E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.provider.Settings$System.putIntForUser(Settings.java:1776)
10-12 02:26:37.729 10084-11411/<package_name> E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.provider.Settings$System.putInt(Settings.java:1770)
10-12 02:26:37.729 10084-11411/<package_name> E/AndroidRuntime:     at <package_name>.DetectedActivityIntentService.activate(DetectedActivityIntentService.java:116)
10-12 02:26:37.729 10084-11411/<package_name> E/AndroidRuntime:     at <package_name>.DetectedActivityIntentService.onHandleIntent(DetectedActivityIntentService.java:94)
10-12 02:26:37.729 10084-11411/<package_name> E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.app.IntentService$ServiceHandler.handleMessage(IntentService.java:66)
10-12 02:26:37.729 10084-11411/<package_name> E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
10-12 02:26:37.729 10084-11411/<package_name> E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
10-12 02:26:37.729 10084-11411/<package_name> E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)

Answer 1

Because the security

as we know,in Android 6.0(Marshmallow),Android add lots of strategies to control the SECURITY, promote efficiency such as :

• Runtime permission
• Doze mode(Power Manager)
• re-write SettingsProviders see details
  • move system settings from db to xml
  • /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/../settings.db --> /data/system/users/userid/settings_[system|global|secure].xml

So Now(after API 22)

• you can NOT write some private/dangerous settings
• you MUST deal with some EXCEPTION during porting to API level 22 or later. see details

PS