user7885142
user7885142

Reputation:

Google Console warns my app requires CAMERA permission

I get this error when uploading APK

You app has an APK with version code 1 which requires the following permission(s): android.permission.CAMERA. Apps that use these permissions in an APK must define privacy policy.

My app does not use the camera permission. It only uses the Internet permission.

Here's the AndroidManifest.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" package="com.example.MyApp" android:installLocation="auto">
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="15" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <application android:label="My application" android:icon="@drawable/icon"></application>
</manifest>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3596

Answers (4)

Manish
Manish

Reputation: 9

1.If Your manifest contain camera permission please remove
   <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" />

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

2.Check Weather you give runtime camera permission or not if yes then remove camera permission.

3.Please check your external library may use camera permission.

Upvotes: 0

user7885142
user7885142

Reputation:

It turns out the camera permission is required by an external library.

Upvotes: 2

Megha Maniar
Megha Maniar

Reputation: 444

If your Manifest contains this line:

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="true"/>

then please remove it.

Upvotes: 0

Pinki
Pinki

Reputation: 21929

use tools: node remove to that permission if you are maintaining that camera permission in manifest file, use both camera and READ_PHONE_STATE

 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"  tools:node="remove"  />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"  tools:node="remove"  />

Upvotes: 0

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