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Ferran Negre
Ferran Negre

Reputation: 3801

vibrate_when_ringing on Android Marshmallow (6.0)

In my code I have:

Settings.System.putInt(this.getContentResolver(), "vibrate_when_ringing", isVibrateWhenRinging ? 1 :0);

Using the following permission:

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

This was working fine from Jelly Bean (API 16) till Lollipop (API 22).

In Android M, I know that for using that permission I need to prompt the user to Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_WRITE_SETTINGS.

However, even with that permission turned on, I see the following error:

E/AndroidRuntime: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: You cannot change private secure settings.
E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel(DatabaseUtils.java:165)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel(DatabaseUtils.java:135)
E/AndroidRuntime:     at android.content.ContentProviderProxy.call(ContentProviderNative.java:646)

Well... Am I missing something? With proper permissions we can change ringtones, do not disturb mode, etc. But it also looks like that with Android M we won't be able to change such a normal setting like "Vibrate when ringing". I hope I'm wrong.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2369

Answers (2)

Ferran Negre
Ferran Negre

Reputation: 3801

I am going to answer my own question. There is an issue opened to Google: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=194376.

Basically, they partially fixed vibrate_when_ringing and it works again on Android N (24). Unfortunately, it does not work on Android M (23). For the response on the issue, it does not seem that is going to be fixed.

You can see a full example repo here: https://github.com/ferrannp/VibrateWhenRinging

So, basically, your code needs to check if your on Android M and if you are, do not use that setting.

Upvotes: 1

Pavel
Pavel

Reputation: 652

You should call Settings.System.canWrite() to see that you can to write this setting.

If function returns false then the user can agree to allow your app to write to settings:

Intent intent = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_WRITE_SETTINGS);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("package:" + getApplicationContext().getPackageName()));
startActivity(intent);

Upvotes: 2

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