Removed camera permission on Android since it is not required

[RodolfoGS]

Manifest.permission.CAMERA is not required to open the camera and take a picture. So, it could be removed to avoid requesting it to the user.

Also, you need to remove this line from your app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

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

[1Jesper1]

Interesting, do you have a source where it is explained? Did you test it by reinstalling the app?

[RodolfoGS]

Note: If you are using the camera by invoking an existing camera app, your application does not need to request this permission.

Source: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/camera#manifest

Tested on: Android 13 (device), 11 (simulator), 9 (simulator) and 8.1 (device)
All works perfect, uninstalling and installing again to reset the permissions.

[1Jesper1]

Thanks for the source. Sounds good!

[1Jesper1]

Could someone test this?

[RodolfoGS]

I'm using in production without issues so far

[1Jesper1]

@RodolfoGS I just sounds to good to be true :)
Note: If you are using the camera by invoking an existing camera app, your application does not need to request this permission.
Do you use another camera app?

[RodolfoGS]

Try it yourself, just remove the permission from the code and you will see that the camera app is opened and works perfect.

Also, you could try with react-native-image-picker that also do not use the camera permission.

Android
No permissions required (saveToPhotos requires permission check).

Note: This library does not require Manifest.permission.CAMERA, if your app declares as using this permission in manifest then you have to obtain the permission before using launchCamera.

Source: https://github.com/react-native-image-picker/react-native-image-picker#android-1

[1Jesper1]

@ivpusic Could you check?