Release APK Permissions

Expo SDK
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good news! we have implemented this and it should land in our next release. see the attached screenshot.

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That was good news :slight_smile:

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also, it’s worth noting that the permissions are only asked on install with android < 6. android 6+ does runtime permissions. if someone is using android 5 and are concerned about security, they are doing it wrong. time to update to more recent os with better security.

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If anyone is wondering still, SDK 19.0.0 has been released and it now has a way to manage Android permissions check out the docs :slight_smile: https://docs.expo.io/versions/v19.0.0/guides/configuration.html#permission

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This is true, however while publishing you are required to have a TOS setup on a website if your app has permissions whereas if it does not you’re not required to have a TOS.

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How would we go about removing default permission requests? For example, when uploading our APK we’re seeing this error, however the app does not need access to any these items:

Your APK is using permissions that require a privacy policy: (android.permission.CAMERA, android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO, android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE, android.permission.READ_CONTACTS).

Thanks!

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The new SDK released, Version 19.0.1 allows you to set permissions. if you set the bare-minimum you no longer have to write a privacy policy.

if you visit this config link to view what config you can set, you’ll see we can now set the permissions.

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Awesome, I was just in building a new APK with these empty permission: settings and it looks like it’s all good. Thanks for the quick response!

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Currently if you set your Android permissions to , it may cause your app to crash. You’ll want to use [“WAKE_LOCK”].

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i added permissions to app.json, but still not work:

Your APK is using permissions that require a privacy policy: (android.permission.CAMERA, android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO, android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE, android.permission.READ_CONTACTS).

"android": {
     // ...,
      "permissions": [
        "CAMERA",
        "RECORD_AUDIO",
        "READ_PHONE_STATE",
        "READ_CONTACTS",
        "READ_INTERNAL_STORAGE",
        "READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE",
        "WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE",
        "ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION",
        "ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION",
        //"CHANGE_CONFIGURATION",
        "com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE",
        "com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT",
        "com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT"
      ]
    }

please help !!!

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Hello,

Is there any way to specify which permissions to use in Android without having to detach app from Expo?

Thanks,

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you need to provide a privacy policy if you use camera and stuff. just google android play store privacy policy

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https://docs.expo.io/versions/latest/guides/configuration.html#permissions

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Json doesn`t handle comments.

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app.json is parsed as JSON5, which has comments.

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