Cannot resolve Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION

Question

When adding permissions to my manifest file, the below xml works.

 <permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

However, this xml doesn't work.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

Which one am I supposed to be using? If it's the first one, why wouldn't it work? How can I fix it?

Also, I am getting an Android 6.0 runtime permissions related exception:

java.lang.SecurityException: "gps" location provider requires ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission.

When I try to add the permission to a String array in order to check the permission, Android Studio tells me it can't resolve Manifest.permission in the below code:

new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}

Why would it be doing this? How can I fix it?

Solution 1

For the first part, you should be using <uses-permission> according the the Android Devlopers site. Try making sure you declare your permissions directly under the <manifest> tag, not in your <application> tag. It's hard to know what your problem is without seeing your entire manifest file. Check out the link I posted above for more info on how to declare permissions in your manifest.

In regards to your runtime permissions problem:

With uses-permissions Cannot resolve that..

new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}

Why?

Make sure you're using android.Manifest instead of my.app.package.Manifest. A lot of times Android Studio will default to the latter instead of the former.

So, your new line of code would look like:

new String[]{android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION};

Edit: I reformatted my answer.

Edit 2: Be wary of importing android.Manifest. It can cause issues if you're also importing my.app.package.Manifest. Other than that import android.Manifest is another valid way to resolve this issue.

Solution 2

change this

Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION

into this

android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION

Solution 3

Try this! Since ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION available in following package so Add:

import android.Manifest;

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Solution 4

I had a similar problem where used;

ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(MainActivity.this,Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED 

where it could not resolve symbol READ_CONTACTS.

However on using;

import android.Manifest;

It started to recognize READ_CONTACT

Solution 5

if you are working on dynamic permissions and any permission like ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION,ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION giving error "cannot resolve method PERMISSION_NAME" in this case write you code with permission name and then rebuild your project this will regenerate the manifest(Manifest.permission) file

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Comments

[jjj]

this kind of solution is better as comment if you are not sure.

[hnilsen]

Using andorid.Manifest.permission.X instead of Manifest.permission.X solved this for me, thanks.

[Pang]

Hi Jagrit Vishwakarma, do you mean one should remove the new String[]{ part?

[Pang]

This seems to be just a repeat of this existing answer.

[anshuman burmman]

I am new in android so i am not able to understand where i have to put "new String[]{android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION};" this line in the android studio.