Permission Prompts for the Android SDK

The Airship SDK automatically handles push notification permissions. For additional permissions like location, you can use Opt-in Actions to prompt users using native permission prompts.

Opt-in Actions are a special type of ActionA configurable behavior that occurs when a user interacts with your message, e.g., opening a web page. that are handled by PermissionsManager. For an overview of all supported actions and where they are available, see the Actions guide.

Supported Opt-in Types

• Push — Handled automatically by the SDK (no implementation needed)
• Location — Requires implementing a custom PermissionDelegate

Implementing Location Opt-in

To implement Location Opt-in, create a custom PermissionDelegate and register it with PermissionsManager to handle location permissions.

Create a Location Permission Delegate

val delegate = SinglePermissionDelegate(Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION)

SinglePermissionDelegate delegate = new SinglePermissionDelegate(Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION);

Register the Permission Delegate

After creating a location PermissionDelegate, register it with PermissionsManager after Airship is ready:

Airship.permissionsManager
    .setPermissionDelegate(Permission.LOCATION, delegate)

Airship.getPermissionsManager()
    .setPermissionDelegate(Permission.LOCATION, delegate);