How To Fix Because An App Is Obscuring A Permission Request

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Hey guys. Searched around and couldn't find another thread addressing this particular issue.

When I try to give an app accessibility access (in this particular case, it's the app Dashlane) it shows me the message "because an app is obscuring a permissions request, Settings can't verify your responses." Could anyone tell me what exactly this means and/or what I should be looking for to solve the problem?

Running Cosmic OSv.1.3 based off of Nougat 7.1.1
OpenGapps nano package
Magisk
No Xposed

Any help would be appreciated!

Hey guys. Searched around and couldn't find another thread addressing this particular issue.
When I try to give an app accessibility access (in this particular case, it's the app Dashlane) it shows me the message "because an app is obscuring a permissions request, Settings can't verify your responses." Could anyone tell me what exactly this means and/or what I should be looking for to solve the problem?

Running Cosmic OSv.1.3 based off of Nougat 7.1.1
OpenGapps nano package
Magisk
No Xposed

Any help would be appreciated!

Go to app setting and grant all permissions.

Regarding Your App Permission Issue

Welcome to the XDA Help Forum.

Regarding your permission issue on your phone, the problem may be caused by an app called "File manager" (or "Gestionnaire de fichiers" in french). Either you can uninstall it, or if you want to keep it, go in "Settings -> Applications -> Settings -> Draw over other apps" and set the value to "No" for "File manager".
If you don't find still...Go to settings and search 'draw over other apps'.

Let me know if this info is helpful in resolving this issue or not.

Regards,
Ashwin Nanaware

I m using moto g5 s plus..unable to activate accessibility for app like nova launcher

Hi
Welcome to the XDA Help Forum.

Regarding your permission issue on your phone, the problem may be caused by an app called "File manager" (or "Gestionnaire de fichiers" in french). Either you can uninstall it, or if you want to keep it, go in "Settings -> Applications -> Settings -> Draw over other apps" and set the value to "No" for "File manager".
If you don't find still...Go to settings and search 'draw over other apps'.

Let me know if this info is helpful in resolving this issue or not.

Regards,
Ashwin Nanaware

No its not working... Plz help
Thank you,

No its not working... Plz help
Thank you,

What problems are you facing?

No its not working... Plz help
Thank you,

I force stopped the appls that I have that draw over and I was fine. Reboot and everything was back to normal.

thank you, it has worked for me when I have removed the file manager and restart the phone

If it can help... Same issue with Huawei P8 Lite 2017. No way to autorise USB debugging, failing with "An app is obscuring a permission request".

I solved this as follows:
- Go to Settings > Apps > Settings icon (at the bottom).
- Then Advanced > Special access > Draw over the other apps.
- At the top right, in the scrolling menu, choose "Show system processes".
- Select "Floating dock" and disable "Permit drawing over other apps".

Si ca peut aider... Meme probleme avec Huawei P8 Lite 2017. Impossible d'autoriser le debogage USB, erreur "Une application dissimule la demande d'autorisation".

Probleme resolu de la maniere suivante:
- Aller dans Parametres > Applications > Icone Parametres (en bas).
- Ensuite Parametres Avances > Autorisations speciales des applications > Se superposer aux autres appli.
- En haut a droite, dans le menu deroulant, selectionner "Montrer les processus systeme".
- Selectionner "Menu flottant" et desactiver "Autorisation de superposition".

Worked for me

Great tip. Worked like a charm. Thanks!

If it can help... Same issue with Huawei P8 Lite 2017. No way to autorise USB debugging, failing with "An app is obscuring a permission request".
I solved this as follows:
- Go to Settings > Apps > Settings icon (at the bottom).
- Then Advanced > Special access > Draw over the other apps.
- At the top right, in the scrolling menu, choose "Show system processes".
- Select "Floating dock" and disable "Permit drawing over other apps".

Try this↓
Check whether there is other app that request accessibility service, then turn it off.

Some apps like fooview or easytouch may casusing this after you granted accessibility service permission to them.
(Worked for me after i disabled the fooview accessibility service when i was requesting adb permission from a PC)

Last edited: Mar 14, 2018

I can not turn off every draw over other apps there and dozens of them, same with modify system settings, is there a way to turn off all of that crap temporarily as I need to use Andorid debugging and it will not tell me what app is blocking the OK, but turning off all of these apps is not practical as I may need to enable multiple computers.

ERIC

désactive ton lanceur et remet celui d'origine. pour moi c'est bon.

Hey guys. Searched around and couldn't find another thread addressing this particular issue.
When I try to give an app accessibility access (in this particular case, it's the app Dashlane) it shows me the message "because an app is obscuring a permissions request, Settings can't verify your responses." Could anyone tell me what exactly this means and/or what I should be looking for to solve the problem?

Running Cosmic OSv.1.3 based off of Nougat 7.1.1
OpenGapps nano package
Magisk
No Xposed

Any help would be appreciated!

désactive ton lanceur et remet celui du smartphone d'origine pou. pour moi c'est bon.

Thank you!

Thank you! It worked for my Huawei Honor 6x with root.

Disabling "draw over other apps" for Sesame Shortcuts for nova worked for me

Just ran into this problem, turning off 'draw over other apps' for LMT Pie Launcher fixed it.

Hi
Welcome to the XDA Help Forum.

Regarding your permission issue on your phone, the problem may be caused by an app called "File manager" (or "Gestionnaire de fichiers" in french). Either you can uninstall it, or if you want to keep it, go in "Settings -> Applications -> Settings -> Draw over other apps" and set the value to "No" for "File manager".
If you don't find still...Go to settings and search 'draw over other apps'.

Let me know if this info is helpful in resolving this issue or not.

Regards,
Ashwin Nanaware

Thanks a lot it worked for me , go in "Settings -> Applications -> Settings -> Draw over other apps" and set the value to "No" for "File manager".

One of the things that I had to do on my (S9+) phone is to temporarily disable my edge(s) in "Edge Gestures" app. No need to force close it.
Haven't tried, but maybe just clearing all the apps from RAM that draw over-the screen could solve the issue.
(I did also uninstall Sesame Shortcuts and all Substratum overlays and rebooted but that was not enough until I disabled Edge Gestures.)

Hi guys i have a Samsung galaxy s7 and i having the same problem to conect a HDMI cable to the tv it said that some app is obscuring permission what can i do i need help before i go crazy

Disabling "draw over other apps" for Sesame Shortcuts for nova worked for me

Thanks. This worked for me. I totally forgot I had it setup.

If someone gets this while disabled all overlay over settings, try alert window checker and force close all user apps that it shows. Worked for me.
Btw i was only able to get a pairing question on my device with samsung kies driver reinstall and pdanet lol