Permission Denial: opening provider com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2

Question

I'm new to Android and I created an app from scratch using Android Studio and the LoginActivity template. I'm targeting SDK 23 and the min version is 15. Android Studio generated the following manifest:

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

    <!-- To auto-complete the email text field in the login form with the user's emails -->
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PROFILE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name=".LoginActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize|stateVisible" >
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

When I try to run the empty template, I get this stack trace:

E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: AsyncTask #1
    Process: com.uprope.uprope, PID: 24790
    java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occurred while executing doInBackground()
            at android.os.AsyncTask$3.done(AsyncTask.java:309)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.finishCompletion(FutureTask.java:354)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:223)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:242)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1113)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:588)
            at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)
     Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: opening provider com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2 from ProcessRecord{85980a6 24790:com.uprope.uprope/u0a58} (pid=24790, uid=10058) requires android.permission.READ_CONTACTS or android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS
            at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1599)
            at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1552)
            at android.app.ActivityManagerProxy.getContentProvider(ActivityManagerNative.java:3550)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.acquireProvider(ActivityThread.java:4778)
            at android.app.ContextImpl$ApplicationContentResolver.acquireUnstableProvider(ContextImpl.java:2018)
            at android.content.ContentResolver.acquireUnstableProvider(ContentResolver.java:1468)
            at android.content.ContentResolver.query(ContentResolver.java:475)
            at android.content.CursorLoader.loadInBackground(CursorLoader.java:64)
            at android.content.CursorLoader.loadInBackground(CursorLoader.java:56)
            at android.content.AsyncTaskLoader.onLoadInBackground(AsyncTaskLoader.java:312)
            at android.content.AsyncTaskLoader$LoadTask.doInBackground(AsyncTaskLoader.java:69)
            at android.content.AsyncTaskLoader$LoadTask.doInBackground(AsyncTaskLoader.java:66)
            at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:295)
            at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1113)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:588)
            at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)

What is causing this exception?

If you are testing on device running M, you should embrace new way of requesting permission. If so, see this related answer, just change the permissions. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32151603/scan-results-available-action-return-empty-list-in-android-6-0/32151901#32151901 — Nikola Despotoski, Aug 23 '15 at 15:43
I'm using the Nexus 5 virtual device. It says it's using API 23. — travis1097, Aug 23 '15 at 16:01
You've got pre API 23 code running on a new install of Android Studio that has only compile SDK: API 23: Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) available. Either download another SDK you can compile your code into or handle API 23 permission model. — DritanX, Feb 03 '16 at 22:28
I Solve[enter link description here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2356084/read-all-contacts-phone-numbers-in-android/38826895#38826895) — Samir, Aug 08 '16 at 10:33
I gave my solution [ [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2356084/read-all-contacts-phone-numbers-in-android/38826895#38826895][1] — Samir, Aug 08 '16 at 10:34

Mohammad · Answer 1 · 2016-02-16T02:40:00.180

If you are testing on android M you must ask the user for permission to read contacts at run time like this:

private void accessContacts(){
    if (!mayRequestContacts()) {
        return;
    }
    // This Build is < 6 , you can Access contacts here.
}

You ask for a permission like this:

private boolean mayRequestContacts() {
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
        return true;
    }
    if (checkSelfPermission(READ_CONTACTS) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
        return true;
    }
    if (shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(READ_CONTACTS)) {
        Snackbar.make(mEmailView, R.string.permission_rationale, Snackbar.LENGTH_INDEFINITE)
                .setAction(android.R.string.ok, new View.OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.M)
                    public void onClick(View v) {
                        requestPermissions(new String[]{READ_CONTACTS}, REQUEST_READ_CONTACTS);
                    }
                });
    } else {
        requestPermissions(new String[]{READ_CONTACTS}, REQUEST_READ_CONTACTS);
    }
    return false;
}

Then Override onRequestPermissionsResult

@Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, @NonNull String[] permissions,
                                       @NonNull int[] grantResults) {
    if (requestCode == REQUEST_READ_CONTACTS) {
        if (grantResults.length == 1 && grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
            // Permission granted , Access contacts here or do whatever you need.
        }
    }
}

Add this to your imports:

      import static android.Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS;

and define an integer as an Id to identity READ_CONTACTS permission request.

      private static final int REQUEST_READ_CONTACTS = 0;

hope this helped.

What are `mEmailView` and `R.string.permission_rationale`? – Al Lelopath Jan 10 '17 at 20:59 — Al Lelopath, Jan 10 '17 at 20:59

score -11 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 15 '16 at 08:50

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Api 23 have some security improvements (and it means some bugs for developing). I'm sure you have defined targetSdkVersion="23". If you change it to 22, it will works fine, check it

edited Jan 15 '16 at 08:50

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This is not a solution! – electronix384128 Jan 25 '16 at 02:39
You need to deal with Marshmallow permission model https://www.google.com/design/spec/patterns/permissions.html – DritanX Feb 03 '16 at 22:12

Permission Denial: opening provider com.android.providers.contacts.ContactsProvider2

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