Android M Permission denied after it was granted

Question

I'm getting this error after the permission was allowed and the activity was recreated.

I/AppCompatDelegate: The Activity's LayoutInflater already has a Factory installed so we can not install AppCompat's
     W/EGL_emulation: eglSurfaceAttrib not implemented
     W/OpenGLRenderer: Failed to set EGL_SWAP_BEHAVIOR on surface 0x9e23f960, error=EGL_SUCCESS
     W/System.err: java.io.IOException: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
     W/System.err:     at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:939)
     W/System.err:     at java.io.File.createTempFile(File.java:1004)

and

 E/AndroidRuntime: java.lang.NullPointerException: file
 E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.net.Uri.fromFile(Uri.java:452)

The code for asking for permission is:

     if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED ||
                    ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
         ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE}, 1);
     }

After the crash when I start the app I do not see the permission dialog and everything works fine, I can open the Camera with intent. I'm using Emulator. Nexus 5 API 23.

This error is not related to Android permissions. It seems to be a file system related issue `java.io.IOException: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)`. — Thomas R., Oct 15 '15 at 09:40
Possible, but next time I try it is working fine after permission is granted. — SpyZip, Oct 15 '15 at 10:53
It's a well known bug. The permissions WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE and READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE are granted only after the app is closed and opened again. — greywolf82, Oct 15 '15 at 14:10

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 29 '15 at 18:23

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This seems to be a bug in Android M. Might be only on the emulator though.

This is a link to the issue on google dev forums. https://code.google.com/p/android-developer-preview/issues/detail?id=2982

The owner says:

Since the issue exists still in emulator 6.0, reopening the issue But working fine on MRA58K devices

I'm still seeing this on the emulator as well.

answered Dec 29 '15 at 18:23

mogile_oli

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This bug still exists in 2019, on an android 10 emulator – ssynhtn Nov 11 '19 at 17:43

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 04 '15 at 07:31

If you add the CAMERA permission to your manifest, but the user hasn’t granted it at runtime, you will notice that the external intent to capture a photo will fail and throw a SecurityException.

https://plus.google.com/+AndroidDevelopers/posts/e9kyM7VXajz

Android M Permission denied after it was granted

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