SocketException: EACCESS (permission denied)
I am trying to create a socket in Android but I keep getting EACCESS (Permission denied) errors.
Here is my code on a separate thread from the UI thread.
public class Client implements Runnable {
private final static String SERVER_ADDRESS = "173.246.12.125";
@Override
public void run() {
try {
InetAddress serverAddr = InetAddress.getByName(SERVER_ADDRESS);
DatagramSocket socket = new DatagramSocket();
...
My android permissions include:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE" />
and just because of some stackoverflow answers I added this as well:
<permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
but I still cannot create the socket.
What am I missing? Error output:
java.net.SocketException: socket failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
at libcore.io.IoBridge.socket(IoBridge.java:623)
at java.net.PlainDatagramSocketImpl.create(PlainDatagramSocketImpl.java:93)
at java.net.DatagramSocket.createSocket(DatagramSocket.java:157)
at java.net.DatagramSocket.<init>(DatagramSocket.java:80)
at java.net.DatagramSocket.<init>(DatagramSocket.java:65)
...
Caused by: android.system.ErrnoException: socket failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
at libcore.io.Posix.socket(Native Method)
at libcore.io.BlockGuardOs.socket(BlockGuardOs.java:282)
at libcore.io.IoBridge.socket(IoBridge.java:608)
at java.net.PlainDatagramSocketImpl.create(PlainDatagramSocketImpl.java:93)
at java.net.DatagramSocket.createSocket(DatagramSocket.java:157)
at java.net.DatagramSocket.<init>(DatagramSocket.java:80)
at java.net.DatagramSocket.<init>(DatagramSocket.java:65)
at com.austinfathman.traffic_server.Client.run(UDP.java:73)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)
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