Since Android 6.0 you need to request permissions at Runtime before you need them.
The example below is for the WRITE permission (I guess you’d like to add a badge to the app icon and normally you don’t need the READ permission for this – if you need it you can request it just like the WRITE permission)
First add your permissions in the Manifest:
<uses-permission android:name="com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE"/>
Then you can check if they are granted at Runtime like this:
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M
&& ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
//permissions not granted -> request them
requestPermissions(new String[] {Manifest.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS}, YOUR_REQUEST_CODE);
} else {
//permissions are granted - do your stuff here :)
}
The result will be available in onRequestPermissionResult:
@Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, @NonNull String[] permissions,
@NonNull int[] grantResults) {
if (requestCode == YOUR_REQUEST_CODE) {
if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
//permissions granted -> do your stuff ;-)
}
//Permission not granted -> react to it!
return;
}
super.onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
}
You can read more about it in the official docs