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Nitneuq

Reputation: 5042

MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission

playstore send me this news

We've detected that your app contains the requestLegacyExternalStorage flag in the manifest file of 1 or more of your app bundles or APKs.

Developers with apps on devices running Android 11+ must use Scoped Storage to give users better access control over their device storage. To release your app on Android 11 or newer after May 5th, you must either:

Update your app to use more privacy friendly best practices, such as the Storage Access Framework or Media Store API
Update your app to declare the All files access (MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) permission in the manifest file, and complete the All files access permission declaration in Play Console from May 5th
Remove the All files access permission from your app entirely.
For apps targeting Android 11, the requestLegacyExternalStorage flag will be ignored. You must use the All files access permission to retain broad access.

Apps requesting access to the All files access permission without a permitted use will be removed from Google Play, and you won't be able to publish updates.

I don't understand what I need to do...

I use a plugin to allow user to display picture from his gallery. MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission is display first time user launch the plugin.

How can I be sure that my app will not be remove the 5th May

Edit: here is manifest of the only package who need permission for eternet storage, I don't found RequestLegacyExternalStorage

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  package="io.flutter.plugins.imagepicker">
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

    <application>
        <provider
            android:name="io.flutter.plugins.imagepicker.ImagePickerFileProvider"
            android:authorities="${applicationId}.flutter.image_provider"
            android:exported="false"
            android:grantUriPermissions="true">
            <meta-data
                android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
                android:resource="@xml/flutter_image_picker_file_paths"/>
        </provider>
    </application>
</manifest>

thank you

Upvotes: 3

Views: 6753

Answers (1)

Afeez Aderemi
Afeez Aderemi

Reputation: 11

If your app targets Android 10 (API level 29) or lower, you can temporarily opt out of scoped storage in your production app. If you target Android 10, however, you need to set the value of requestLegacyExternalStorage to true in your app's manifest file:

<manifest ... >
  <!-- This attribute is "false" by default on apps targeting
       Android 10. -->
  <application android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true" ... >
    ...
  </application>
</manifest>

Upvotes: 1

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