Xamarin.Forms android check whether user clicked Deny and Don't ask again - xamarin

Question

In my xamarin.forms app. I am using xamarin.Essentials to check and request permissions. I can check whether a permission is granted or not in android. The problem I am facing is when user clicks "Deny and Don't ask again" the status still shows Denied. How can we know whether user selected Deny and Dont ask so that I can show a warning message according to that. Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

For check and request permission in Xamarin.Forms you could also use the plugin Permission.Plugin from nuget .
The option Deny and Don't ask again will only appear when you deny the request the second time . However , there is no such a specific status to tag it .
As a workaround , we could define a custom property to save the time that we deny .
int DenyCount = 0;
private async void FabOnClick(object sender, EventArgs eventArgs)
{
var status = await CrossPermissions.Current.CheckPermissionStatusAsync<LocationPermission>();
if (status != PermissionStatus.Granted)
{
if (await CrossPermissions.Current.ShouldShowRequestPermissionRationaleAsync(Permission.Location))
{
//await DisplayAlert("Need location", "Gunna need that location", "OK");
DenyCount++;
if(DenyCount>=2)
{
//...
}
}
status = await CrossPermissions.Current.RequestPermissionAsync<LocationPermission>();
}
if (status == PermissionStatus.Granted)
{
//Query permission
DenyCount = 0; // reset the value of DenyCount
}
else if (status == PermissionStatus.Restricted)
{
//location denied
}
}

Answer 2

Xamarin.Essentials provides a method for detecting whether the user has clicked to "don't ask again". You can check if a dialog should be shown by calling ShouldShowRationale:
var canAskAgain = Xamarin.Essentials.Permissions.ShouldShowRationale<Permission_Type>();
var didCheckDontAskAgain = !canAskAgain;
If this is true, that means the user did not click "Deny and Don't Ask Again".
Also, note that on Android 12 (and maybe 11, not sure), if you click "Deny" mulitple times, Android assumes that you mean "Don't ask again". The user may never explicitly check that option, but it may be inferred by Android.