Microphone permission

Question

When installing the app I programmed, it requires the permission "to use the microphone". I don't however specifically ask for it in the manifest, what I have is the camera permission.

Is that where the microphone-permission is coming from?

Solution 1

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

outside the application block actually solved it!

...
    </application>


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

Solution 2

If you are using any kind of audio recording functionality in your application then you are supposed to provide RECORD_AUDIO permission in your manifest file as below:

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

Solution 3

in your manifest use this

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

Then to request the permission do this:

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

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

}

Solution 4

Since Android 6.0 Marshmallow, application will not be granted any permission at installation time. Instead, application has to ask user for a permission one-by-one at runtime. Please note that permission request dialog shown above will not launch automatically. Developer has to call for it manually. In the case that developer try to call some function that requires a permission which user has not granted yet, the function will suddenly throw an Exception which will lead to the application crashing.

also add this to manifest:

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

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Comments

[Pankaj Kumar]

Can you share your code and error?

[GrIsHu]

Have you used any kind of recording functionality in your app?

[VVB]

Is your app getting crashed on installation? If so, can we see your log cat?

[deimos1988]

@PankajKumar I don't have an error, I was just wondering why my app requests the permission to use the microphone :)

[deimos1988]

@GrIsHu The only thing I can think of is the camera

[VVB]

Check this : developer.android.com/reference/android/…

[Pankaj Kumar]

What is permission text?

[GrIsHu]

If you are using camera then you only need camera permission. If you are getting any kind of errors then please add it in your question.

[Rez]

Have you used any library or dependency that may need to capturing audio ?

[Sara]

The question is why the permission shows up in the App Permissions if not explicitly requested (and required). I have the same issue, not need or ever set the Microphone permission in manifest, but my app settings shows as my app needs the Microphone permission.

[Thanh Trung]

The Java code is to put in which file?

[Adam R. Turner]

It's not really that. It's that permissions for android changed wildly over the last few years. It used to be a lot more simple than it is now, that's why the old answers look dumb now.