I need to check for permissions before querying the Android calendar for events.
To do it, Android studio is warning that I need to follow a check before querying.
The auto generated code is this piece:
if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.READ_CALENDAR) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
System.out.println("NO ACCESS TO CALENDAR!! Abort mission, abort mission!!");
}
When trying to run it, I get this error:
Attempt to invoke virtual method 'int
android.content.Context.checkPermission(java.lang.String, int, int)'
on a null object reference
So it is clear that something is null at this point, and I tried to get the context of the app with a different way, but it's still the same error.
Other thing I tried was this code, which is supposed to handle the targets lower than Android 6:
if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.READ_CALENDAR) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.READ_CALENDAR},
MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_READ_CONTACTS);
}
Still get the same error, can anybody help me with this?
it's a separate class, controller: public class DummyData extends Activity { .... }
That is not going to work.
Never extend Activity
unless it is a real activity, one that you will register in the manifest.
Never create an instance of an Activity
via a constructor (e.g., the new DummyData()
that you have somewhere in your code). Use startActivity()
to display an activity that you have registered in the manifest.
As it stands, while your DummyData
class may work from a compilation standpoint, it will not work at runtime. An Activity
needs to be instantiated by the framework, and that is not the case with your DummyData
.
Pass a real Context
object to checkSelfPermission()
, and pass a real Activity
object to requestPermissions()
. In this case, "real" means "handed to you from the framework".
Use (Activity)mContext instead of this.
if(ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission((Activity)mContext,Manifest.permission.READ_CALENDAR)!=PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED)
{
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions((Activity) mContext, new String[]{Manifest.permission.READ_CALENDAR},
MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_READ_CONTACTS);
}
You have to write the right activity at the position "this"
main problem in activity.
Try to write the code in MainActivity and test.
if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.READ_CALENDAR) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.READ_CALENDAR},
MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_READ_CONTACTS);
}