When adding permissions to my manifest file, the below xml works.
<permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
However, this xml doesn't work.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
Which one am I supposed to be using? If it's the first one, why wouldn't it work? How can I fix it?
Also, I am getting an Android 6.0 runtime permissions related exception:
java.lang.SecurityException: "gps" location provider requires ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission.
When I try to add the permission to a String array in order to check the permission, Android Studio tells me it can't resolve Manifest.permission in the below code:
new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}
Why would it be doing this? How can I fix it?
For the first part, you should be using <uses-permission> according the the Android Devlopers site. Try making sure you declare your permissions directly under the <manifest> tag, not in your <application> tag. It's hard to know what your problem is without seeing your entire manifest file. Check out the link I posted above for more info on how to declare permissions in your manifest.
In regards to your runtime permissions problem:
With uses-permissions Cannot resolve that..
new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}
Why?
Make sure you're using android.Manifest instead of my.app.package.Manifest. A lot of times Android Studio will default to the latter instead of the former.
So, your new line of code would look like:
new String[]{android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION};
Edit: I reformatted my answer.
Edit 2: Be wary of importing android.Manifest. It can cause issues if you're also importing my.app.package.Manifest. Other than that import android.Manifest is another valid way to resolve this issue.