Permissions for Android Camera QR Scanner

Issue

I am creating an android application and want to integrate ZXing QR Scanner. When i launch the QRScanner activity from an Intent I get the toast saying "Permission Denied, You cannot access and camera" and the app freezes instead of asking for permission for camera.

Any help to how to correctly implement permission requests or identification of any errors I looked over would be appreciated.

      public class Qrscanner extends AppCompatActivity implements 
      ZXingScannerView.ResultHandler {

    private static final int REQUEST_CAMERA = 1;
    private ZXingScannerView scannerView;
    private static int camId = Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_BACK;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        scannerView = new ZXingScannerView(this);
        setContentView(scannerView);
        int currentApiVersion = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;

        if(currentApiVersion >=  Build.VERSION_CODES.M)
        {
            if(checkPermission())
            {
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Permission already granted!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }
            else
            {
                requestPermission();
            }
        }
    }

    private boolean checkPermission()
    {
        return (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(getApplicationContext(), CAMERA) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED);
    }

    private void requestPermission()
    {
        ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{CAMERA}, REQUEST_CAMERA);
    }

    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();

        int currentapiVersion = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
        if (currentapiVersion >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
            if (checkPermission()) {
                if(scannerView == null) {
                    scannerView = new ZXingScannerView(this);
                    setContentView(scannerView);
                }
                scannerView.setResultHandler(this);
                scannerView.startCamera();
            } else {
                requestPermission();
            }
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
        scannerView.stopCamera();
    }

    public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String permissions[], int[] grantResults) {
        final int req = requestCode;
        switch (requestCode) {

            case REQUEST_CAMERA:
                if (grantResults.length > 0) {

                    boolean cameraAccepted = grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED;
                    if (cameraAccepted){
                        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Permission Granted, Now you can access camera", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                    }else {
                        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Permission Denied, You cannot access and camera", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
                            if (shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(CAMERA)) {
                                showMessageOKCancel("You need to allow access to both the permissions",
                                        new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                                            @Override
                                            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                                                if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
  //                                                    
   requestPermissions(new String[]{CAMERA},
   //                                                            
   REQUEST_CAMERA);

    ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(getParent(), new String[] 
    {Manifest.permission.CAMERA}, req);

                                                }
                                            }
                                        });
                                return;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                break;
        }
    }

    private void showMessageOKCancel(String message, DialogInterface.OnClickListener okListener) {
        new android.support.v7.app.AlertDialog.Builder(Qrscanner.this)
                .setMessage(message)
                .setPositiveButton("OK", okListener)
                .setNegativeButton("Cancel", null)
                .create()
                .show();
    }

    @Override
    public void handleResult(final Result result) {
        final String myResult = result.getText();
        Log.d("QRCodeScanner", result.getText());
        Log.d("QRCodeScanner", result.getBarcodeFormat().toString());

        AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
        builder.setTitle("Scan Result");
        builder.setPositiveButton("Try Again", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                scannerView.resumeCameraPreview(Qrscanner.this);
            }
        });
        builder.setNeutralButton("Confirm", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
               Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),AddKeys.class);
               intent.putExtra("publicKey",result.getText());
               startActivity(intent);
            }
        });
        builder.setMessage(result.getText());
        AlertDialog alert1 = builder.create();
        alert1.show();
    }
}

Solution

First you need to add the camera permission to your AndroidManifest.xml:

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

Then you need to ask the user at runtime to enable this permission using:

activity.requestPermissions(new String[]{Manifest.permission.CAMERA}, 1011);

Then override the method that will be called after the permission dialog result:

    @Override
    public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode,
                                   String permissions[], int[] grantResults) {
    switch (requestCode) {
        case 1011: {

      // If request is cancelled, the result arrays are empty.
            if (grantResults.length > 0
                && grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {

            // Here user granted the permission     
            } else {

            // permission denied, boo! Disable the
            // functionality that depends on this permission.
                Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Permission denied to read your Camera", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
            return;
         }
       }
    }

Answered By - Khalid Taha