Can WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE be optional?

[vitto32]

On Android WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission is mandatory for recording audio.
Is it strictly necessary?

[francoisduchemin]

If I understand correctly, this is going to be an issue with Android 11: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/11/privacy/storage

If your app targets Android 11, both the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission and the WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE privileged permission no longer provide any additional access.

It looks like the plugin write files to the external storage for Android... did you find an alternative, a solution?

[uareurapid]

any updates on this? This is a big issue for Android 11
thanks

[uareurapid]

For anyone interested I implemented a fix/workaround on my fork:
you can check it here: https://github.com/uareurapid/cordova-plugin-media/blob/master/src/android/AudioHandler.java
on private void promptForRecord()
And https://github.com/uareurapid/cordova-plugin-media/blob/master/src/android/AudioPlayer.java
Check references to if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q)

Basically, for recording & saving audio it doesn't need WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permissions, if SDK >=29, as it will use scoped storage instead, and save the file in directories belonging to the app.

If the permissions were already granted before, or the SDk is lower it behaves as usual

Hope this helps others

[uaza]

@uareurapid Your change has worked for us, thank you. Can you maybe create a pull request here, that would be great!

[21pg]

For anyone interested I implemented a fix/workaround on my fork: you can check it here: https://github.com/uareurapid/cordova-plugin-media/blob/master/src/android/AudioHandler.java on private void promptForRecord() And https://github.com/uareurapid/cordova-plugin-media/blob/master/src/android/AudioPlayer.java Check references to if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q)

Basically, for recording & saving audio it doesn't need WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permissions, if SDK >=29, as it will use scoped storage instead, and save the file in directories belonging to the app.

If the permissions were already granted before, or the SDk is lower it behaves as usual

Hope this helps others

I don't required to record and play.
We use live stream e.g (-[(http://streams.radiobob.de/bob-chillout/aac-64/streams.radiobob.de/)])
and just want to play this audio stream on button click..
When I click play button, output is: Error: 1
here-
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[erisu]

This permission has been removed in main branch and will be drop starting from version 6.0.0.