Programming

Currently working to implement new Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) run-time permission model for one my apps. During testing on the emulator I found quite annoying bug. When user grants WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE on-demand permission, the app still cannot write (nor read) from external storage. For permission changes to take affect you have to kill and restart the app.

Found a related bug reported on android-developer-preview. It was for a Developer Preview release and the case was closed since Marshmallow has been released publicly....

I develop few Android apps during my spare time and until now I have been syncing project folders between my Synology NAS and PCs/Laptops using excellent Beyond Compare. Finally, I decided to get a bit more sophisticated and started using Subversion (SVN) to sync and track my dev projects.

It's been quite some time since I last used SVN, so this may not be the most efficient way to set everything up, but here it is:

Install SVN Server. You can choose any flavour you want. In my particular case I used Synology NAS version.

Read more: Uploading existing Android Studio project to SVN (Subversion)

After updating my Fuel Log app to take advantage of Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) run-time permissions, I noticed that app's permission page (Settings > Apps > [app name] > Permissions) contains Contacts permission that is not present AndroidManifest.xml (nor anywhere else within my app).

Android Studio suddenly (and for no apparent reason) started complaining that it could not find org.apache.http.legacy (which was added to build.gradle as a legacy library).

Warning: Unable to find optional library: org.apache.http.legacy

The issue was caused by a missing optional.json file that was supposed to be located in Android SDK folder ...AndroidSDK\platforms\android-23\optional

Android WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission requires app restart - EACCES (Permission denied)

Uploading existing Android Studio project to SVN (Subversion)

Android Studio automatically adds Contacts permission

Unable to find optional library - org.apache.http.legacy