How to know if user has disabled Picture in Picture feature permission?

Question

and here is another example:

from the screenshot above we see user is able to disable picture in picture mode. you can find it in the "special app access" screen on the emulator api 27 . How can i detect if user has disabled this feature ?

i tried checking the following but it does not work:

packageManager.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE)

compiler states that AppOpsManager cannot be found. any ideas ?

Answer 1

Try AppOpsManager.checkOp (String op, int uid, String packageName), where op is OPSTR_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE operation. That method should return MODE_ALLOWED constant if supports Picture in Picture operation.

For more info, check this link.

Answer 2

just like AlexTa said. but i wanted to actually write the code to save someone some time:

private fun hasPermission(): Boolean {
    val appOps = if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
        getSystemService(Context.APP_OPS_SERVICE) as AppOpsManager
    } else {
        return false
    }
    return appOps.checkOpNoThrow(AppOpsManager.OPSTR_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE, android.os.Process.myUid(), packageName) == AppOpsManager.MODE_ALLOWED
}

Answer 3

I might be late but here's the answer

private fun hasPermission(): Boolean {
    val appOps = getSystemService(Context.APP_OPS_SERVICE) as AppOpsManager?
    return if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
            appOps?.unsafeCheckOpNoThrow(AppOpsManager.OPSTR_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE, android.os.Process.myUid(), packageName) == AppOpsManager.MODE_ALLOWED
        } else {
            appOps?.checkOpNoThrow(AppOpsManager.OPSTR_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE, android.os.Process.myUid(), packageName) == AppOpsManager.MODE_ALLOWED
        }
    } else {
        false
    }
}

Answer 4

Permission is available from Android 26+ (Oreo).

On the Android 24+ it's allowed for all apps by default.

It's not available on Android 23 and lower as it's mentioned in some other answers.

So the correct logic would be:

private fun hasPipPermission(context: Context): Boolean {
    val appOps = context.getSystemService(Context.APP_OPS_SERVICE) as? AppOpsManager?
    return if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
        val mode = if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
            appOps?.unsafeCheckOpNoThrow(
                AppOpsManager.OPSTR_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE,
                android.os.Process.myUid(),
                context.packageName
            )
        } else {
            @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
            appOps?.checkOpNoThrow(
                AppOpsManager.OPSTR_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE,
                android.os.Process.myUid(),
                context.packageName
            )
        }
        mode == AppOpsManager.MODE_ALLOWED
    } else {
        Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N
    }
}