Java – How to handle denied permissions Android M (EasyPermissions)

I’m using EasyPermissions to check if my android has granted certain permissions and request them if not. Cool library, works great, but I still haven’t figured out what to do if certain permissions are denied.

So basically you run code like this at creation time to check

if (EasyPermissions.hasPermissions(Splash.this, perms )) {

TelephonyManager telephonyManager = (TelephonyManager) getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);
        String IMEI = telephonyManager.getDeviceId();
        String SimSimSerial = telephonyManager.getSimSerialNumber();

Toast.makeText(Splash.this, "IMEI: " + IMEI + " SimSerial: " + SimSimSerial, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

} else {

EasyPermissions.requestPermissions(Splash.this, "Without these permissions, the app is unable to successfully complete authentication. Please allow us to access your device so that we can better serve you. "  ,PERMS_REQUEST_CODE, perms );
    }

Code breakdown: If there is a permission, go ahead, otherwise the request will do. My question is, what if someone clicks the Never Ask button during the request. The people at EasyPermissions have a feature

EasyPermissions.somePermissionPermanentlyDenied(Splash.this, permsList)

My dilemma is where to call this function because the Request Permission method returns nothing (invalid). I’ve tried something similar

if (EasyPermissions.hasPermissions(Splash.this, perms )) {...
 } else if (EasyPermissions.somePermissionPermanentlyDenied(Splash.this, permsList)) {

} else {
    EasyPermissions.requestPermissions(Splash.this, "Without these permissions, the app is unable to successfully complete authentication. Please allow us to access your device so that we can better serve you. "  ,PERMS_REQUEST_CODE, perms );
 }

But it always runs at startup with denied permissions, not when the user actually clicks the Never button at runtime. Thank you for any help…

EasyPermissions link https://github.com/googlesamples/easypermissions

If you don’t want to use Easy Permissions, explain each permission case in full

/**
 *    Case 1: User doesn't have permission
 *    Case 2: User has permission
 *
 *    Case 3: User has never seen the permission Dialog
 *    Case 4: User has denied permission once but he din't clicked on "Never Show again" check box
 *    Case 5: User denied the permission and also clicked on the "Never Show again" check box.
 *    Case 6: User has allowed the permission
 *
 */
public void handlePermission() {
    if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(MainActivity.this,
            Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)
            != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
         This is Case 1. Now we need to check further if permission was shown before or not

if (ActivityCompat.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(MainActivity.this,
                Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)) {

 This is Case 4.
        } else {
             This is Case 3. Request for permission here
        }

} else {
         This is Case 2. You have permission now you can do anything related to it
    }
}

public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions, int[] grantResults) {

if (grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
         This is Case 2 (Permission is now granted)
    } else {
         This is Case 1 again as Permission is not granted by user

Now further we check if used denied permanently or not
        if (ActivityCompat.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(MainActivity.this,
                Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)) {
             case 4 User has denied permission but not permanently

} else {
             case 5. Permission denied permanently.
             You can open Permission setting's page from here now.
        }

}
}