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Reputation: 4408

Making the camera permission required by the library as not required

In my app i include a library that request camera. This limits my application for devices without camera and i need it specifically for a device with scanner but no camera. So i want to make the camera permission as not required in my app. How can i do this.

I added 

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-feature
    android:name="android.hardware.camera"
    android:required="false" />
<uses-feature
    android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus"
    android:required="false" />

in my apps manifest. Is that enough?

Or should i add tools:node="remove" or tools:node="replace" in my app like as below

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

Upvotes: 1

Views: 598

Answers (2)

TheWanderer
TheWanderer

Reputation: 17824

Yes it's enough. You set it to be a non-required feature, so it's non-required.

Just because you use the CAMERA permission doesn't mean the device has to have a camera. You could put in:

<uses-permission android:name="hue.com.derp" />

And it wouldn't restrict your compatibility base at all. If the host device doesn't recognize a permission, it ignores it.

The tools namespace has zero effect on runtime. It's simply for you to provide the IDE with a sample of what might happen during runtime, so it can update previews and the like.

Upvotes: 1

hossam scott
hossam scott

Reputation: 466

I would say check the device type first if it has camera & 6.0+ then you need to ask for permission other wise just run your code normal

Upvotes: 0

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