Location Manager remove updates permission

Since SDK 23, you should/need to check the permission before you call Location API functionality. Here is an example of how to do it:

if (locationManager != null) {
    if (checkSelfPermission(Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
            || checkSelfPermission(Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
        locationManager.removeUpdates(GPSListener.this);
    }
}

There is checkSelfPermission(), which is to check if 'you' (this app) has the correct permissions. There is also checkPermission(), which is to check if another process has the correct permissions.

Notes

• next to doing this runtime check, it is still also necessary to require the relevant permissions in the AndroidManifest.
• if your targetSdk is < 23, you should use ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission() instead (thanks to JerryBrady)

I wasn't able to use checkSelfPermission(), because my min API is 14 and 23 is required. Knowing that, you can also try to catch a SecurityException.

Example:

try {
    locationManager.removeUpdates(GPSListener.this);
} catch (SecurityException e) {
    Log.e("PERMISSION_EXCEPTION","PERMISSION_NOT_GRANTED");
}

To add to Jerry Brady's comment regarding ContextCompat, this is be the full code for < 23:

 if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
                || ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, android.Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED)