Cannot grant permission for "android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"

ben.cottrell

I've tried using QtAndroid::requestPermissionsSync(QStringList({"android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"})) before any JNI calls and also including the permission in my AndroidManifest.xml file, but without success; Art reports that my app still doesn't have permission. What can I do to ensure that my App does have that permission?

ben.cottrell

It turns out that I had failed to copy my modified AndroidManifest.xml file, as qmake had copied the default manifest without the required permission tag. Make sure that you have included an assignment to ANDROID_PACKAGE_SOURCE_DIR under the android block in your qmake project file:

android {
  QT += androidextras
  ANDROID_PACKAGE_SOURCE_DIR = \
    $$PWD/android
}

I couldn't request the permission with QtAndroid::requestPermissionsSync because the underlying Android API method only works for dangerous permissions: android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE is classed as a normal permission.