[10.2.0] Permission.photos.status always returns PermissionStatus.denied on Android 12

[MinseokKang003]

🔙 Regression

Old (and correct) behavior

Permission.photos.status returns PermissionStatus.granted on Android 12

Current behavior

Permission.photos.status always returns PermissionStatus.denied on Android 12

Reproduction steps

Call Permission.photos.status on Android 12

Configuration

Properly setup AndroidManifest.xml.
It worked well on 10.1.0.

Version:
10.1.0 -> 10.2.0

[MinseokKang003]

Needs to be fixed, it works properly as soon as I downgrade permission_handler and permission_handler_android to 10.1.0.

[caihua]

same question

[caihua]

2395c10#r87752291
No permissions found in manifest for: []9
I found this maybe error.

 if (names.isEmpty()) {
  Log.d(PermissionConstants.LOG_TAG, "No permissions found in manifest for: " + permission + " no need to show request rationale");
  successCallback.onSuccess(false);
  return;
}

 static List<String> getManifestNames(Context context, @PermissionConstants.PermissionGroup int permission) {
        final ArrayList<String> permissionNames = new ArrayList<>();

        switch (permission) {
 case PermissionConstants.PERMISSION_GROUP_PHOTOS:
                // The READ_MEDIA_IMAGES permission is introduced in Android T, meaning we should
                // not handle permissions on pre Android T devices.   
                if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU && hasPermissionInManifest(context, permissionNames, Manifest.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES ))
                    permissionNames.add(Manifest.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES);
                break;

[hinrikHelga]

2395c10#r87752291 No permissions found in manifest for: []9 I found this maybe error.

 if (names.isEmpty()) {
  Log.d(PermissionConstants.LOG_TAG, "No permissions found in manifest for: " + permission + " no need to show request rationale");
  successCallback.onSuccess(false);
  return;
}

 static List<String> getManifestNames(Context context, @PermissionConstants.PermissionGroup int permission) {
        final ArrayList<String> permissionNames = new ArrayList<>();

        switch (permission) {
 case PermissionConstants.PERMISSION_GROUP_PHOTOS:
                // The READ_MEDIA_IMAGES permission is introduced in Android T, meaning we should
                // not handle permissions on pre Android T devices.   
                if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU && hasPermissionInManifest(context, permissionNames, Manifest.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES ))
                    permissionNames.add(Manifest.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES);
                break;

I've been experiencing exactly this issue for Android versions 12.0 and before. Works fine on Android 13.0.

Any idea of how to solve this or a workaround?

[NaosFr]

Same problem

[TillCity]

I ran into the issue with Permissions.photos.status always returning PermissionStatus.denied today for no reason that is immediately obvious to me though I suppose the Flutter upgrades and the upgrade of the image_picker plugin may have a role to play there. I have fixed this by checking Permissions.storage.status instead and ensuring that that permission has been granted. While this works it is not clear to me what Permissions.photos does if Permissions.storage works to let me have access to the image gallery on the device

[dr953]

Same problem here

[hinrikHelga]

I ran into the issue with Permissions.photos.status always returning PermissionStatus.denied today for no reason that is immediately obvious to me though I suppose the Flutter upgrades and the upgrade of the image_picker plugin may have a role to play there. I have fixed this by checking Permissions.storage.status instead and ensuring that that permission has been granted. While this works it is not clear to me what Permissions.photos does if Permissions.storage works to let me have access to the image gallery on the device

I've fixed this by checking for Permissions.storage.status when the device is Android 12.0 or below, else I use the Permissions.photos.status. I use the device_info_plus plugin to check the Android version.

I added the following to my AndroidManifest.kt

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
        android:maxSdkVersion="32"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES"/>

and in flutter:

if (Platform.isAndroid) {
  final androidInfo = await DeviceInfoPlugin().androidInfo;
  if (androidInfo.version.sdkInt <= 32) {
    /// use [Permissions.storage.status]
  }  else {
    /// use [Permissions.photos.status]
  }
}

[ehangwork]

Same question

[oscarshaitan]

I spot that the version 10.0.0 works only if I set the android version to 10.0.0 too
permission_handler: 10.0.0
permission_handler_android: 10.0.0
If I leave only the handler the pubspeck.lock will pull the android 10.2.0 that fails

[mujahid008]

Same is happening with me on Android 11

[Alpha17-2]

I ran into the issue with Permissions.photos.status always returning PermissionStatus.denied today for no reason that is immediately obvious to me though I suppose the Flutter upgrades and the upgrade of the image_picker plugin may have a role to play there. I have fixed this by checking Permissions.storage.status instead and ensuring that that permission has been granted. While this works it is not clear to me what Permissions.photos does if Permissions.storage works to let me have access to the image gallery on the device

I've fixed this by checking for Permissions.storage.status when the device is Android 12.0 or below, else I use the Permissions.storage.status. I use the device_info_plus plugin to check the Android version.

I added the following to my AndroidManifest.kt

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
        android:maxSdkVersion="32"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES"/>

and in flutter:

if (Platform.isAndroid) {
  final androidInfo = await DeviceInfoPlugin().androidInfo;
  if (androidInfo.version.sdkInt <= 32) {
    /// use [Permissions.storage.status]
  }  else {
    /// use [Permissions.photos.status]
  }
}

Until they fix this, i guess we have to work with @hinrikHelga solution.

[lg8294]

same question

[seceba]

Android 11 and Android 13 works but android 12 ( sdk 31 ) problem still exist.

[alfietapping]

I ran into the issue with Permissions.photos.status always returning PermissionStatus.denied today for no reason that is immediately obvious to me though I suppose the Flutter upgrades and the upgrade of the image_picker plugin may have a role to play there. I have fixed this by checking Permissions.storage.status instead and ensuring that that permission has been granted. While this works it is not clear to me what Permissions.photos does if Permissions.storage works to let me have access to the image gallery on the device

I've fixed this by checking for Permissions.storage.status when the device is Android 12.0 or below, else I use the Permissions.storage.status. I use the device_info_plus plugin to check the Android version.
I added the following to my AndroidManifest.kt

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
        android:maxSdkVersion="32"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES"/>

and in flutter:

if (Platform.isAndroid) {
  final androidInfo = await DeviceInfoPlugin().androidInfo;
  if (androidInfo.version.sdkInt <= 32) {
    /// use [Permissions.storage.status]
  }  else {
    /// use [Permissions.photos.status]
  }
}

Until they fix this, i guess we have to work with @hinrikHelga solution.

Tried this on android 13 & 11, neither currently working. Using permission_handler: ^10.2.0 and targeting api 33

[oscarshaitan]

any update or fix?

[QPAYRE]

Got the same issue .

@hinrikHelga 's solution worked for me. Thanks

[ardeshir-33033]

I hope this gets a fix since some packages like Agora use this version of the Permission handler so we cannot downgrade it.

[jdevp]

Tried @hinrikHelga solution but didn't get rid of " No permissions found in manifest for: []9". Permission.photos is always denied. Running Android 12 and target 31.

[wojciechzahradnikdeviniti]

Hi, any updates on this issue? I still have a problem with that.

[JDongKhan]

bluetoothConnect & bluetoothScan has same issue

[carman247]

Is there any workaround for this currently?

[dehypnosis]

@carman247 as far as I know, 10.1.0 is latest working version.

[dehypnosis]

No progress...? I cannot upgrade this lib since this issue happened.
If photos status won't support backward-compatibility for under Android Tiramisu version.
Users always need to check android version by self.

[TimHoogstrate]

According to the documentation: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/14/changes/partial-photo-video-access and https://developer.android.com/about/versions/13/behavior-changes-13#granular-media-permissions you need to grand permissions to access photos on Android 13 and higher.

Android 12 and lower need to grand different permissions like readExternalStorage and writeExternalStorage to access photos.

I don't think this is a bug in the permission handler. It is also not introduced in 10.1.0. Support for Android 13 was introduced by ADDING permissions for photo's. I have to test the behaviour on Android 12 and below, but it seems to work as expected.

I'll discuss within the team to see if this is something we would like to change in the future or if we need to add additional documentation to make things clear. Either way, it would be an enhancement. The solution of @hinrikHelga would be the way to go until further notice.