Google Play's Photo and Video Permissions

[Nyan274]

By August 2024, Google requires the Apps with one-time or infrequent use of photos are requested to remove READ_MEDIA_IMAGES and READ_MEDIA_VIDEO permissions from their app manifest and migrate to a system photo picker if necessary.

Since the client app doesn't use photo and video messaging feature, it's hard to pass the app review by play store.

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/14115180?hl=en

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/13986130?sjid=2278959419600922286-AP

[JcMinarro]

Hello @Nyan274
The SDK needs those permissions to work, because it is a core functionality.
If your app doesn't use this functionallity at all, you can remove those permission from the Andorid Manifest by using the following line:

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES" tools:node="remove" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO" tools:node="remove" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO" tools:node="remove" />

[aleksandar-apostolov]

Hey @Nyan274
We've added support for this in our SDK so you can use the native pickers instead of the built in picker.
You can check this PR
Also you need to remove the permissions as mentioned above by @JcMinarro

Regards,
Alex