How to know if user has disabled Picture in Picture feature permission?

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and here is another example:

from the screenshot above we see user is able to disable picture in picture mode. you can find it in the "special app access" screen on the emulator api 27 . How can i detect if user has disabled this feature ?

i tried checking the following but it does not work:

packageManager.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE)

compiler states that AppOpsManager cannot be found. any ideas ?

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 02 '18 at 02:56

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just like AlexTa said. but i wanted to actually write the code to save someone some time:

private fun hasPermission(): Boolean {
    val appOps = if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
        getSystemService(Context.APP_OPS_SERVICE) as AppOpsManager
    } else {
        return false
    }
    return appOps.checkOpNoThrow(AppOpsManager.OPSTR_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE, android.os.Process.myUid(), packageName) == AppOpsManager.MODE_ALLOWED
}

answered Oct 02 '18 at 02:56

j2emanue

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If we check this for Chrome, the UID and package name should be of Chrome's, right ? – Jim_Ktr Feb 13 '20 at 09:03
why dont you test it out by toggling the setting. im not too sure about that. – j2emanue Feb 13 '20 at 10:53
I have done that and when i use my apps UID I always get MODE_ALLOWED. When I use Chrome's UID I gen an SecurityException exception uid [My app's UID] does not have android.permission.UPDATE_APP_OPS_STATS. – Jim_Ktr Feb 13 '20 at 11:01
if you want to sent user to enable the permission use: startActivityForResult(Intent("android.settings.PICTURE_IN_PICTURE_SETTINGS", Uri.parse("package:$packageName")), 0) – Ultimo_m Jan 09 '23 at 13:19
KitKat, what do you mean? `OPSTR_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE` is available from OREO... So it's not even available for Nougat and have here KitKat... – user924 Jun 25 '23 at 21:09

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 01 '18 at 15:38

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Try AppOpsManager.checkOp (String op, int uid, String packageName), where op is OPSTR_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE operation. That method should return MODE_ALLOWED constant if supports Picture in Picture operation.

For more info, check this link.

answered Oct 01 '18 at 15:38

AlexTa

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I see that the solution is checked, did it work for you? Are you getting the status of pic in pic of chrome? – Jim_Ktr Feb 13 '20 at 09:01

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 13 '20 at 12:44

I might be late but here's the answer

private fun hasPermission(): Boolean {
    val appOps = getSystemService(Context.APP_OPS_SERVICE) as AppOpsManager?
    return if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
            appOps?.unsafeCheckOpNoThrow(AppOpsManager.OPSTR_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE, android.os.Process.myUid(), packageName) == AppOpsManager.MODE_ALLOWED
        } else {
            appOps?.checkOpNoThrow(AppOpsManager.OPSTR_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE, android.os.Process.myUid(), packageName) == AppOpsManager.MODE_ALLOWED
        }
    } else {
        false
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 25 '23 at 21:35

Permission is available from Android 26+ (Oreo).

On the Android 24+ it's allowed for all apps by default.

It's not available on Android 23 and lower as it's mentioned in some other answers.

So the correct logic would be:

private fun hasPipPermission(context: Context): Boolean {
    val appOps = context.getSystemService(Context.APP_OPS_SERVICE) as? AppOpsManager?
    return if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
        val mode = if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
            appOps?.unsafeCheckOpNoThrow(
                AppOpsManager.OPSTR_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE,
                android.os.Process.myUid(),
                context.packageName
            )
        } else {
            @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
            appOps?.checkOpNoThrow(
                AppOpsManager.OPSTR_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE,
                android.os.Process.myUid(),
                context.packageName
            )
        }
        mode == AppOpsManager.MODE_ALLOWED
    } else {
        Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N
    }
}

How to know if user has disabled Picture in Picture feature permission?

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