cordova diagnostic plugin requestExternalStorageAuthorization is returning DENIES_ALWAYS

[Mahesh-Zeham]

Bug report

CHECKLIST

• [*] I have read the issue reporting guidelines

• [*] I confirm this is a suspected bug or issue that will affect other users

• [*] I have reproduced the issue using the example project or provided the necessary information to reproduce the issue.

• [*] I have read the documentation thoroughly and it does not help solve my issue.

• I have checked that no similar issues (open or closed) already exist.

Current behavior:

Expected behavior:
It should request the external storage permission.
For example, If i want to access my photo library/file. It should request the permission.

Steps to reproduce:

Create a sample cordova app.
Install the cordova-diagnostic-plugin cordova-diagnostic-plugin.
Then try to check and request the externalstorage access using the below code as mentioned in the plugin document.

cordova.plugins.diagnostic.requestExternalStorageAuthorization(function(status){
console.log("Authorization request for external storage use was " + (status == cordova.plugins.diagnostic.permissionStatus.GRANTED ? "granted" : "denied"));
}, function(error){
console.error(error);
});

Here im always getting the status as "DENIED_ALWAYS"

Screenshots

Environment information

• Cordova CLI version
  • cordova -v
    12.0.0 (cordova-lib@12.0.1)
• Cordova platform version
  android 12.0.1
• Plugins & versions installed in project (including this plugin)
  • cordova plugin ls
    cordova.plugins.diagnostic 7.1.3 "Diagnostic"

Runtime issue

• Device details
  - e.g. Oneplus 9R, Redmi 9
• OS details
  • e.g. Android 13, 12, Android 9.0

Android build issue:

• Node JS version v16.20.1
  • node -v
• Gradle version
  • ls platforms/android/.gradle
• Android SDK version
  "MIN_SDK_VERSION":24,"SDK_VERSION":33,"COMPILE_SDK_VERSION":null,"GRADLE_VERSION":"7.6","MIN_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION":"33.0.2"

Related code:

insert any relevant code here such as plugin API calls / input parameters

Console output

requestExternalStorageAuthorization always returning as DENIED_ALWAYS

// Paste any relevant JS/native console output here

[dpa99c]

External storage permission is removed in Android 13, so if building with API 33+, you must use the new MEDIA permissions instead - see here