Android contacts permission granted without asking at runtime

Question

I'm trying to request the ability to read contacts in an app, and have followed several tutorials. All of these use nearly the same code for this process. Below is the code in my MainActivity.java file, that should request permission.

private void checkContactPermissions()
    {
        if(ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
            Log.i(TAG, "Contacts permission NOT granted");
            ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(MainActivity.this,
                    new String[]{Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS}, MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_READ_CONTACTS);
        }
        else
        {
            Log.i(TAG, "Contacts permission granted");
            readContacts();
        }
    }

My manifest.xml also includes the line:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />

When the app is run, either on emulator or physical debugging device, it does not ask for permission, however the log states that the permission was granted. I have confirmed the permission is off by going to the settings and checking it was turned off. What else would be causing the app to perform as if permissions were granted.

Answer 1

As Divyesh Patel pointed out, I had the boolean statemetns mixed up, it should be

ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED)

Rather than

ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED)