androidandroid-dialogfragmentandroid-image-capture

android: FATAL EXCEPTION: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: starting Intent { act=android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE


I have tried everything I could find by researching. Nothing is working. I have an Activity with a FragmentDialog. In this dialog, I have an image view with a button. When this button is pressed, an alert pops up to take pic, choose pic from gallery or cancel. Both the cancel and the gallery buttons work great, but when I try to take a photo, I get the error message in the title:

FATAL EXCEPTION: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: starting Intent { act=android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE cmp=com.lge.camera/.app.CameraActivity } from ProcessRecord{c6d8bdf 7649:com.devhopes.ryde/u0a152} (pid=7649, uid=10152) with revoked permission android.permission.CAMERA

Below is my DialogFragment and Manifest Code:

UsernameDialogFragment

   public static class UsernameDialogFragment extends DialogFragment {

    Context applicationContext = bDriverRegistrationActivity.getContextOfApplication();

    private ImageView profilePic;
    private int REQUEST_CAMERA = 0, SELECT_FILE = 1;
    private Button btnSelect;
    private String userChosenTask;

    @Override
    public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions, int[] grantResults) {
        switch (requestCode) {
            case Utility.MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE:
                if (grantResults.length > 0 && grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
                    if(userChosenTask.equals("Take Photo"))
                        cameraIntent();
                    else if(userChosenTask.equals("Choose from Library"))
                        galleryIntent();
                } else {
                    //code for deny
                }
                break;
        }
    }


    private void galleryIntent() {
        Intent intent = new Intent();
        intent.setType("image/*");
        intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);//
        startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select File"),SELECT_FILE);
    }


    private void cameraIntent() {
        Intent intent = new Intent(ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
        startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CAMERA);
    }


    @Override
    public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

        if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
            if (requestCode == SELECT_FILE)
                onSelectFromGalleryResult(data);
            else if (requestCode == REQUEST_CAMERA)
                onCaptureImageResult(data);
        }
    }


    private void onCaptureImageResult(Intent data) {
        Bitmap thumbnail = (Bitmap) data.getExtras().get("data");
        ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        thumbnail.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 90, bytes);

        File destination = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),
                System.currentTimeMillis() + ".jpg");

        FileOutputStream fo;
        try {
            destination.createNewFile();
            fo = new FileOutputStream(destination);
            fo.write(bytes.toByteArray());
            fo.close();
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        profilePic.setImageBitmap(thumbnail);
    }


    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    private void onSelectFromGalleryResult(Intent data) {

        Bitmap bm=null;
        if (data != null) {
            try {
                bm = MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(contextOfApplication
                        .getContentResolver(), data.getData());
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        profilePic.setImageBitmap(bm);
    }


    private void selectImage() {
        final CharSequence[] items = { "Take Photo", "Choose from Library",
                "Cancel" };

        AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());
        builder.setTitle("Add Photo!");
        builder.setItems(items, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int item) {
                boolean result=Utility.checkPermission(getActivity());

                if (items[item].equals("Take Photo")) {
                    userChosenTask ="Take Photo";
                    if(result) {
                        cameraIntent();
                    }

                } else if (items[item].equals("Choose from Library")) {
                    userChosenTask ="Choose from Library";
                    if(result) {
                        galleryIntent();
                    }

                } else if (items[item].equals("Cancel")) {
                    dialog.dismiss();
                }
            }
        });
        builder.show();
    }


    @Override
    public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreateDialog(savedInstanceState);

        AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());

        // Get the layout inflater
        LayoutInflater inflater = getActivity().getLayoutInflater();

        View dialogView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.username_dialog, null);

        // Select button
        btnSelect = (dialogView).findViewById(R.id.btnSelectPhoto);
        btnSelect.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                selectImage();
            }
        });

        // profile pic
        profilePic = dialogView.findViewById(R.id.profile_pic);

        // Inflate and set the layout for the dialog
        // Pass null as the parent view because its going in the dialog layout
        builder.setView(dialogView);

       // ... Add action buttons ...

        builder.setPositiveButton(R.string.action_register, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public final void onClick(final DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                // save the username to Firebase and sign in user  ...

                // ... casting dialog interface to an alert dialog and casting
                // the result of the findView to an EditText
                EditText usernameField  = (EditText)((AlertDialog) dialog).findViewById(username);
                String username = usernameField.getText().toString();

                // year
                EditText yearField = (EditText)((AlertDialog) dialog).findViewById(R.id.year);
                String year = yearField.getText().toString();

                // color, make and model
                EditText cmmField = (EditText)((AlertDialog) dialog).findViewById(R.id.cmm);
                String cmm = cmmField.getText().toString();

                // cell
                EditText cellField = (EditText)((AlertDialog) dialog).findViewById(R.id.cell);
                String cell = cellField.getText().toString();

                // license plate no.
                EditText plateField = (EditText)((AlertDialog) dialog).findViewById(R.id.licenseNo);
                String licenseNo = plateField.getText().toString();

                // profic pic
                ImageView profil_pic = (ImageView)((AlertDialog) dialog).findViewById(R.id.profile_pic);
                // TODO:  set up profile pic to save to firebase

                // ... get user's unique id
                String userId = FirebaseAuth.getInstance().getCurrentUser().getUid();

                User aUser = new User(username, year, cmm, cell, licenseNo);


                /*  https://android-chat-af94c.firebaseio.com/android-chat-af94c/
                    users/pRsxsToJZPTzCdtft69f1grIJC13/profile/username

                    getInstance -> grabbing the url:
                    https://android-chat-af94c.firebaseio.com/android-chat-af94c/
                */
                // above is the same as below ...
                FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference("drivers").child(userId).setValue(aUser);

                Intent intent = new Intent(getActivity().getBaseContext(), PoliciesActivity.class);
                startActivity(intent);
            }

        });

        return builder.create();

    }

}  // UsernameDialogFragment

AndroidManifest permissions

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PROFILE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />

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

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

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

<!--
     The ACCESS_COARSE/FINE_LOCATION permissions are not required to use
     Google Maps Android API v2, but you must specify either coarse or fine
     location permissions for the 'MyLocation' functionality. 
-->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

In the Android Monitor, it seems to point at 3 lines in particular:


Solution

  • If you are targeting API Level 23 or more, then you should force get permissions like below(contains several permissions, you can add or remove based on your requirement). Put this in a separate class:

    public static List<String> checkAndRequestPermissions(Context context) {
    
        int camera = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(context, android.Manifest.permission.CAMERA);
        int readStorage = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(context, Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE);
        int writeStorage = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(context, android.Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE);
        int fineLoc = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(context, android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION);
        int coarseLoc = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(context, android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION);
        List<String> listPermissionsNeeded = new ArrayList<>();
    
        if (camera != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
            listPermissionsNeeded.add(android.Manifest.permission.CAMERA);
        }
        if (readStorage != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
            listPermissionsNeeded.add(android.Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE);
        }
        if (writeStorage != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
            listPermissionsNeeded.add(android.Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE);
        }
        if (fineLoc != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
            listPermissionsNeeded.add(android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION);
        }
        if (coarseLoc != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
            listPermissionsNeeded.add(android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION);
        }
    
        return listPermissionsNeeded;
    }
    

    And in your activity:

    public static final int REQUEST_ID_MULTIPLE_PERMISSIONS = 1;  // Declare this integer globally
    

    Add this method(to retrieve permissions):

    private boolean permissions(List<String> listPermissionsNeeded) {
    
        if (!listPermissionsNeeded.isEmpty()) {
            ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, listPermissionsNeeded.toArray
                    (new String[listPermissionsNeeded.size()]), REQUEST_ID_MULTIPLE_PERMISSIONS);
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }
    

    And force get permissions like this:

    // In my case I've put the 'checkAndRequestPermissions' method in a separate class named 'PermissionUtils'
    List<String> permissionList = PermissionUtils.checkAndRequestPermissions(this);  
    
         if (permissions(permissionList)) {
    
              dispatchTakePictureIntent();  // call your camera instead of this method
         }