This post is at over -12 by my calculations. You guys are a joke. You're downvoting me and the comments here are implying that one should check to see if permi

This post is at over -12 by my calculations. You guys are a joke. You're downvoting me and the comments here are implying that one should check to see if permissions are available and that existing applications would have code to handle such errors. I'd love for someone to explain to me how that would work, considering that no such API exists in Android because the permissions manifest is a contract that ensures the application will have access to the resources it needs. Additionally, there is just no reason to downvote this comment as much as it has been anyway. Just ridiculously poor form for an HN comment.