How to detect "Allow only while using the app" permission when user give location permission

Question

This is a basic question but I not find a solution for this scenario. I used "Dexter" library to ask for runtime permissions. I need to get background location permission so that I ask for permission , then I saw in Android Q there is an option "Allow only while using the app" , but while using dexter I'm unable to detect when user choose this option. Can anyone help me how I solve this condition?

Answer 1

Have you tried the one explained by the Dexter team? (Example on requesting ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION permission is there)

Application stuck when requesting ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION

And in Google's Official API, they mentioned the new addition to Background Location check: ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION

Background location access checklist

This API specifically added for just that: to check if user chooses to permit location while using the app (or means, app in foreground, not background) or not

Answer 2

I'm here a bit late. But I have the exact response for you and for everyone that is looking for the same. The clue is to handle the request permission result.

If you are asking for Manifest.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION and Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION at the same time then android will call you on onRequestPermissionsResult with different set arguments depends of user response. In any case permissions argument will be the same:

["android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION", "android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION."]

Then if user allow "Only this time" or "While using.." you will receive in grantResults argument 0 (true) for ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION and -1 (false) for ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION:

[-1, 0]

But if user allow "all the time" you will receive:

[0, 0]

Finally is user "denies":

[-1, -1]

Again, the clue is yo know that allow "all the time" implies ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION grants.

ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, [Manifest.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION], 100)
...

public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, @NonNull String[] permissions, @NonNull int[] grantResults) {
    if (grantResults[0] == PermissionChecker.PERMISSION_DENIED && grantResults[1] == PermissionChecker.PERMISSION_DENIED) {
    // user denies
    }
    if (grantResults[0] == PermissionChecker.PERMISSION_DENIED && grantResults[1] == PermissionChecker.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
    // user allow while using
    }
    if (grantResults[0] == PermissionChecker.PERMISSION_GRANTED && grantResults[1] == PermissionChecker.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
    // user allow all the time
    }
}