With this function you can check to see if a specific permission has been granted to the game by the user. You supply the permission to check as a string using the format "android.permission.<permission>", so to check the RECORD_AUDIO permission (for example) you would call
os_check_permission("android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO");
The function will return will return one of three constants - shown below - to tell the game how the state of the permission. For more information on app permissions, please see the Android Documentation.
IMPORTANT! This function is for the Android target only.
os_check_permission(permission)
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| permission | String | The permission to check (a string) |
| Permission State Constant | |
|---|---|
| Constant | Description |
| os_permission_granted | This indicates that the permission has been granted |
| os_permission_denied | This indicates that the permission has not been granted |
| os_permission_denied_dont_request | This indicates that the permission has either been blocked by the phone settings, or that the user has previously denied the request and selected "Don't ask again". |
if (os_type == os_android)
{
if (os_check_permission("android.permission.INTERNET") == os_permission_denied)
{
os_request_permission("android.permission.INTERNET");
}
}
The above code checks the OS type and if is Android, it performs a check on the permissions and if the "INTERNET" permission has not yet been granted, it requests it.