diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/common/activity/RequestImportVCardPermissionsActivity.java b/src/com/android/contacts/common/activity/RequestImportVCardPermissionsActivity.java
index a4678f6..865f20b 100644
--- a/src/com/android/contacts/common/activity/RequestImportVCardPermissionsActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/contacts/common/activity/RequestImportVCardPermissionsActivity.java
@@ -1,89 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
 package com.android.contacts.common.activity;
 
 import android.Manifest.permission;
 import android.app.Activity;
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.Intent;
-import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
-import android.os.Bundle;
-import android.os.Trace;
 
 /**
  * Activity that requests permissions needed for ImportVCardActivity.
  */
-public class RequestImportVCardPermissionsActivity extends Activity {
-    public static final String PREVIOUS_ACTIVITY_INTENT = "previous_intent";
+public class RequestImportVCardPermissionsActivity extends RequestPermissionsActivityBase {
 
-    private static final int PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_ALL_PERMISSIONS = 1;
-    private static String[] sPermissions = new String[]{
+    private static final String[] REQUIRED_PERMISSIONS = new String[] {
             permission.READ_CONTACTS,
-            permission.WRITE_CONTACTS,
             permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE,
     };
 
-    private Intent mPreviousActivityIntent;
-
     @Override
-    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
-        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
-        mPreviousActivityIntent = (Intent) getIntent().getExtras().get(PREVIOUS_ACTIVITY_INTENT);
-        requestPermissions();
+    protected String[] getRequiredPermissions() {
+        return REQUIRED_PERMISSIONS;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected String[] getDesiredPermissions() {
+        // Since this is used as an ostensible part of Dialer, lets be less pushy about asking for
+        // unnecessary permissions here.
+        return REQUIRED_PERMISSIONS;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * If any permissions the Contacts app needs are missing, open an Activity
+     * to prompt the user for these permissions. Moreover, finish the current activity.
+     *
+     * This is designed to be called inside {@link android.app.Activity#onCreate}
+     */
     public static boolean startPermissionActivity(Activity activity) {
-        if (!hasPermissions(activity)) {
-            final Intent intent = new Intent(activity,
-                    RequestImportVCardPermissionsActivity.class);
-            intent.putExtra(PREVIOUS_ACTIVITY_INTENT, activity.getIntent());
-            activity.startActivity(intent);
-            activity.finish();
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-
-    @Override
-    public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String permissions[],
-            int[] grantResults) {
-        if (isAllGranted(grantResults)) {
-            mPreviousActivityIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
-            startActivity(mPreviousActivityIntent);
-            finish();
-            overridePendingTransition(0, 0);
-        } else {
-            finish();
-        }
-    }
-
-    private boolean isAllGranted(int[] grantResult) {
-        for (int result : grantResult) {
-            if (result != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    private void requestPermissions() {
-        Trace.beginSection("requestPermissions");
-        requestPermissions(sPermissions, PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_ALL_PERMISSIONS);
-        Trace.endSection();
-    }
-
-    public static boolean hasPermissions(Context context) {
-        Trace.beginSection("hasPermission");
-        try {
-            for (String permission : sPermissions) {
-                if (context.checkSelfPermission(permission)
-                        != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-            return true;
-        } finally {
-            Trace.endSection();
-        }
-
+        return startPermissionActivity(activity, REQUIRED_PERMISSIONS,
+                RequestImportVCardPermissionsActivity.class);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/common/activity/RequestPermissionsActivity.java b/src/com/android/contacts/common/activity/RequestPermissionsActivity.java
index 1b18e10..d1d99cd 100644
--- a/src/com/android/contacts/common/activity/RequestPermissionsActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/contacts/common/activity/RequestPermissionsActivity.java
@@ -14,112 +14,43 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-
 package com.android.contacts.common.activity;
 
 import android.Manifest.permission;
 import android.app.Activity;
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.content.Intent;
-import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
-import android.os.Bundle;
-import android.os.Trace;
 
 /**
- * Repeatedly ask the user for runtime permissions, until they grant all the permissions.
- * For now this is designed for activities used in Contacts. However, the ImportVCardActivity is
- * also used in the Dialer. When Dialer begins to support runtime permissions in their app, they
- * may wish to use a more targeted list of permissions or allow the user to reject using
- * some permissions.
- *
- * At the time of writing this Activity, most permissions cause crashes when not granted.
- * So it is risky to not possess them.
- *
+ * Activity that requests permissions needed for activities exported from Contacts.
  */
-public class RequestPermissionsActivity extends Activity {
-    public static final String PREVIOUS_ACTIVITY_INTENT = "previous_intent";
+public class RequestPermissionsActivity extends RequestPermissionsActivityBase {
 
-    private static final int PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_ALL_PERMISSIONS = 1;
-    private static String[] permissions = new String[]{
-            permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION, // Location Group
-            permission.READ_CONTACTS, // Contacts group
-            permission.READ_CALL_LOG, // Permission group phone
-            permission.READ_CALENDAR, // Calendar group
-            permission.READ_SMS, // SMS group
-            permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, // Storage group
+    private static final String[] REQUIRED_PERMISSIONS = new String[]{
+            // "Contacts" group. Without this permission, the Contacts app is useless.
+            permission.READ_CONTACTS,
+            // "Phone" group. This is only used in a few places such as QuickContactActivity and
+            // ImportExportDialogFragment. We could work around missing this permission with a bit
+            // of work.
+            permission.READ_CALL_LOG,
     };
 
-    private Intent mPreviousActivityIntent;
-
     @Override
-    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
-        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
-        mPreviousActivityIntent = (Intent) getIntent().getExtras().get(PREVIOUS_ACTIVITY_INTENT);
-
-        if (savedInstanceState == null) {
-            requestPermissions();
-        }
+    protected String[] getRequiredPermissions() {
+        return REQUIRED_PERMISSIONS;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * If any permissions the Contacts app needs are missing, open an Activity
-     * to prompt the user for these permissions. Moreover, finish the current activity.
-     *
-     * This is designed to be called inside {@link android.app.Activity#onCreate}
-     */
+    @Override
+    protected String[] getDesiredPermissions() {
+        return new String[]{
+                permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION, // Location Group
+                permission.READ_CONTACTS, // Contacts group
+                permission.READ_CALL_LOG, // Permission group phone
+                permission.READ_CALENDAR, // Calendar group
+                permission.READ_SMS, // SMS group
+                permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, // Storage group
+        };
+    }
     public static boolean startPermissionActivity(Activity activity) {
-        if (!RequestPermissionsActivity.hasPermissions(activity)) {
-            final Intent intent = new Intent(activity,  RequestPermissionsActivity.class);
-            intent.putExtra(PREVIOUS_ACTIVITY_INTENT, activity.getIntent());
-            activity.startActivity(intent);
-            activity.finish();
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-
-    @Override
-    public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String permissions[],
-            int[] grantResults) {
-        if (isAllGranted(grantResults)) {
-            mPreviousActivityIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
-            startActivity(mPreviousActivityIntent);
-            finish();
-            overridePendingTransition(0, 0);
-        } else {
-            requestPermissions();
-        }
-    }
-
-    private boolean isAllGranted(int[] grantResult) {
-        for (int result : grantResult) {
-            if (result != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    private void requestPermissions() {
-        Trace.beginSection("requestPermissions");
-        requestPermissions(permissions, PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_ALL_PERMISSIONS);
-        Trace.endSection();
-    }
-
-    public static boolean hasPermissions(Context context) {
-        Trace.beginSection("hasPermission");
-        try {
-            for (String permission : permissions) {
-                if (context.checkSelfPermission(permission)
-                        != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-            return true;
-        } finally {
-            Trace.endSection();
-        }
-
+        return startPermissionActivity(activity, REQUIRED_PERMISSIONS,
+                RequestPermissionsActivity.class);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/common/activity/RequestPermissionsActivityBase.java b/src/com/android/contacts/common/activity/RequestPermissionsActivityBase.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bb61f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/android/contacts/common/activity/RequestPermissionsActivityBase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.contacts.common.activity;
+
+import com.android.contacts.common.R;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.os.Trace;
+import android.widget.Toast;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/**
+ * Activity that asks the user for all {@link #getDesiredPermissions} if any of
+ * {@link #getRequiredPermissions} are missing.
+ *
+ * NOTE: As a result of b/22095159, this can behave oddly in the case where the final permission
+ * you are requesting causes an application restart.
+ */
+public abstract class RequestPermissionsActivityBase extends Activity {
+    public static final String PREVIOUS_ACTIVITY_INTENT = "previous_intent";
+    private static final int PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_ALL_PERMISSIONS = 1;
+
+    /**
+     * @return list of permissions that are needed in order for {@link #PREVIOUS_ACTIVITY_INTENT} to
+     * operate. You only need to return a single permission per permission group you care about.
+     */
+    protected abstract String[] getRequiredPermissions();
+
+    /**
+     * @return list of permissions that would be useful for {@link #PREVIOUS_ACTIVITY_INTENT} to
+     * operate. You only need to return a single permission per permission group you care about.
+     */
+    protected abstract String[] getDesiredPermissions();
+
+    private Intent mPreviousActivityIntent;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+        mPreviousActivityIntent = (Intent) getIntent().getExtras().get(PREVIOUS_ACTIVITY_INTENT);
+
+        // Only start a requestPermissions() flow when first starting this activity the first time.
+        // The process is likely to be restarted during the permission flow (necessary to enable
+        // permissions) so this is important to track.
+        if (savedInstanceState == null) {
+            requestPermissions();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * If any permissions the Contacts app needs are missing, open an Activity
+     * to prompt the user for these permissions. Moreover, finish the current activity.
+     *
+     * This is designed to be called inside {@link android.app.Activity#onCreate}
+     */
+    protected static boolean startPermissionActivity(Activity activity,
+            String[] requiredPermissions, Class<?> newActivityClass) {
+        if (!RequestPermissionsActivity.hasPermissions(activity, requiredPermissions)) {
+            final Intent intent = new Intent(activity,  newActivityClass);
+            intent.putExtra(PREVIOUS_ACTIVITY_INTENT, activity.getIntent());
+            activity.startActivity(intent);
+            activity.finish();
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String permissions[],
+            int[] grantResults) {
+        if (isAllGranted(permissions, grantResults)) {
+            mPreviousActivityIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION);
+            startActivity(mPreviousActivityIntent);
+            finish();
+            overridePendingTransition(0, 0);
+        } else {
+            Toast.makeText(this, R.string.missing_required_permission, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
+            finish();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean isAllGranted(String permissions[], int[] grantResult) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < permissions.length; i++) {
+            if (grantResult[i] != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
+                    && isPermissionRequired(permissions[i])) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private boolean isPermissionRequired(String p) {
+        return Arrays.asList(getRequiredPermissions()).contains(p);
+    }
+
+    private void requestPermissions() {
+        Trace.beginSection("requestPermissions");
+        try {
+            // Construct a list of missing permissions
+            final ArrayList<String> unsatisfiedPermissions = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (String permission : getDesiredPermissions()) {
+                if (checkSelfPermission(permission)
+                        != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
+                    unsatisfiedPermissions.add(permission);
+                }
+            }
+            if (unsatisfiedPermissions.size() == 0) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Request permission activity was called even"
+                        + " though all permissions are satisfied.");
+            }
+            requestPermissions(
+                    unsatisfiedPermissions.toArray(new String[unsatisfiedPermissions.size()]),
+                    PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_ALL_PERMISSIONS);
+        } finally {
+            Trace.endSection();
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected static boolean hasPermissions(Context context, String[] permissions) {
+        Trace.beginSection("hasPermission");
+        try {
+            for (String permission : permissions) {
+                if (context.checkSelfPermission(permission)
+                        != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            return true;
+        } finally {
+            Trace.endSection();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/common/vcard/ExportVCardActivity.java b/src/com/android/contacts/common/vcard/ExportVCardActivity.java
index b86845e..f956c7c 100644
--- a/src/com/android/contacts/common/vcard/ExportVCardActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/contacts/common/vcard/ExportVCardActivity.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import com.android.contacts.common.R;
+import com.android.contacts.common.activity.RequestImportVCardPermissionsActivity;
 
 import java.io.File;
 
@@ -151,6 +152,10 @@
     protected void onCreate(Bundle bundle) {
         super.onCreate(bundle);
 
+        if (RequestImportVCardPermissionsActivity.startPermissionActivity(this)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         // Check directory is available.
         if (!Environment.getExternalStorageState().equals(Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED)) {
             Log.w(LOG_TAG, "External storage is in state " + Environment.getExternalStorageState() +