Request permission for microphone on Android M

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I need to utilize the microphone with Android M. I've tried setting up a permission group in the manifest, and can't get it working properly. Here's what I've got in the manifest:

<permission-group android:name="android.permission-group.MICROPHONE"
    android:label="label"
    android:icon="@mipmap/day_icon"
    android:priority="360"/>

<permission android:name="android.permission.MICROPHONE"
    android:permissionGroup="android.permission-group.MICROPHONE"
    android:protectionLevel="dangerous"
    android:label="label" />

I've also tried getting the access through code:

if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(getActivity(),
            Manifest.permission_group.MICROPHONE)
            != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {

        ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(getActivity(),
                new String[]{Manifest.permission_group.MICROPHONE},
                REQUEST_MICROPHONE);

    }

The alert doesn't show to grant access.

I still don't have access to microphone. Anyone know how get permission for the microphone?

Note: This is only not working for Android M

Also the `` and `` tags are meant for creating permissions. What you would want is `` — DeeV, Mar 28 '16 at 20:15
as @DeeV said what you are doing is creating your own permission, all you have to do is list the permission with `uses-permission` — tyczj, Mar 28 '16 at 20:16
you cannot request a group permission either, do you have that in a try catch or something because it should be crashing — tyczj, Mar 28 '16 at 20:21
It's not crashing - I can get my microphone-required code to work if I manually enable the microphone in settings — coder, Mar 28 '16 at 20:23

score 30 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '16 at 20:24

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To request microphone, you should be requesting Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO instead of the permission group Manifest.permission_group.MICROPHONE.

So, remove the tags <permission/> and <permission-group/> in the Manifest because they are to indicate that your want to create new permissions rather than use them.

Then to request the permission just do this:

if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(getActivity(),
        Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {

    ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(getActivity(),
            new String[]{Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO},
            REQUEST_MICROPHONE);

}

answered Mar 28 '16 at 20:24

DeeV

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Why is **RECORD_AUDIO** permission preferable over **MICROPHONE** group? – IgorGanapolsky Sep 26 '16 at 14:28
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@IgorGanapolsky: You can't request entire groups for some reason, so you really don't have a choice. – DeeV Sep 26 '16 at 14:51
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@BhavyaArora REQUEST_MICROPHONE is a request code you provide. You get the result in `onActivityResult`. – DeeV May 10 '18 at 19:10
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The link to the relevant page in the docs: https://developer.android.com/training/permissions/requesting#java – Alex Totheroh Nov 11 '18 at 06:05

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