No permission will be asked in Android 14+ devices because partial me…

…dia access permissions are confusing for the end-user

.github/AAR Source (Android)/java/com/yasirkula/unity/NativeGallery.java

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public class NativeGallery
 
 	public static boolean overwriteExistingMedia = false;
 	public static boolean mediaSaveOmitDCIM = false; // If set to true, 'directoryName' on Android 29+ must start with either "DCIM/" or ["Pictures/", "Movies/", "Music/", "Alarms/", "Notifications/", "Audiobooks/", "Podcasts/", "Ringtones/"]
+	public static boolean PermissionFreeMode = false; // true: Permissions for reading/writing media elements won't be requested
 
 	public static String SaveMedia( Context context, int mediaType, String filePath, String directoryName )
 	{
@@ -341,6 +342,9 @@ public static int CheckPermission( Context context, final boolean readPermission
 		if( Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.M )
 			return 1;
 
+		if( PermissionFreeMode )
+			return 1;
+
 		if( !readPermission )
 		{
 			if( android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 29 ) // On Android 10 and later, saving to Gallery doesn't require any permissions
@@ -354,8 +358,13 @@ else if( context.checkSelfPermission( Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
 			if( context.checkSelfPermission( Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE ) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED )
 				return 0;
 		}
-		else
+		else if( Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 34 )
 		{
+			// On Android 14+ (34), partial media access permission is introduced which we want to avoid because they're
+			// confusing for the end user and media access permission shouldn't have been necessary in the first place for
+			// the Intents we're using. They were there to avoid edge cases in some problematic devices:
+			// https://developer.android.com/about/versions/14/changes/partial-photo-video-access
+			// We're hoping that by now, those problematic devices have resolved their issues.
 			if( ( mediaType & MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE ) == MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE && context.checkSelfPermission( "android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES" ) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED )
 				return 0;
 			if( ( mediaType & MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO ) == MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO && context.checkSelfPermission( "android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO" ) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED )

.github/AAR Source (Android)/java/com/yasirkula/unity/NativeGalleryPermissionFragment.java

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public void onCreate( Bundle savedInstanceState )
 				requestPermissions( new String[] { Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE }, PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_CODE );
 			else if( Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 33 || getActivity().getApplicationInfo().targetSdkVersion < 33 )
 				requestPermissions( new String[] { Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE }, PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_CODE );
-			else
+			else if( Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 34 )
 			{
 				ArrayList<String> permissions = new ArrayList<String>( 3 );
 				int mediaType = getArguments().getInt( MEDIA_TYPE_ID );
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ else if( Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 33 || getActivity().getApplicationInfo().target
 
 				requestPermissions( permissionsArray, PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_CODE );
 			}
+			else
+				onRequestPermissionsResult( PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_CODE, new String[0], new int[0] );
 		}
 	}
 

.github/README.md

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Almost all of these functions return a *NativeGallery.Permission* value. More de
 
 ### C. Runtime Permissions
 
-Beginning with *6.0 Marshmallow*, Android apps must request runtime permissions before accessing certain services, similar to iOS. Note that NativeGallery doesn't require any permissions for picking images/videos from Photos on iOS 11+ and saving images/videos to Gallery on Android 29+, so no permission dialog will be shown in these cases and the permission functions will return *Permission.Granted*.
+Beginning with *6.0 Marshmallow*, Android apps must request runtime permissions before accessing certain services, similar to iOS. Note that NativeGallery doesn't require any permissions for picking images/videos from Photos on iOS 11+, picking images/videos from Gallery on Android 34+ and saving images/videos to Gallery on Android 29+, so no permission dialog will be shown in these cases and the permission functions will return *Permission.Granted*.
 
 There are two functions to handle permissions with this plugin:
 

Plugins/NativeGallery/README.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-= Native Gallery for Android & iOS (v1.7.2) =
+= Native Gallery for Android & iOS (v1.7.3) =
 
 Online documentation & example code available at: https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityNativeGallery
 E-mail: [email protected]

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "com.yasirkula.nativegallery",
   "displayName": "Native Gallery",
-  "version": "1.7.2",
+  "version": "1.7.3",
   "documentationUrl": "https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityNativeGallery",
   "changelogUrl": "https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityNativeGallery/releases",
   "licensesUrl": "https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityNativeGallery/blob/master/LICENSE.txt",