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michael holstein
michael holstein

Reputation: 190

Expo web-app not asking for camera permission on iOS and Android browsers

Within my Expo project I'm using expo-camera. Both on Android and iOS the camera asks permission before opening it.

But when I try to open the web version of my project on a mobile device browser, the camera access is denied directly without asking. I tried this on an iPhone 12 and a Samsung Galaxy S20. But both didn't ask permission.

Within my code I use the following line to ask for permission:

 const [hasPermission, setHasPermission] = useState(null)

 useEffect(() => {
    ;(async () => {
      const { status } = await Camera.requestCameraPermissionsAsync()
      setHasPermission(status === 'granted')
    })()
  }, [])

This is how I call the camera component from expo-camera

import { Camera, CameraType } from 'expo-camera'

return (
      <Camera ref={ref => set_camera(ref)} type={type} style={{ flex: 1 }}/>
)

How can I make a mobile browser also ask for camera permission and prevent it from denying directly?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 459

Answers (1)

Dick Larsson
Dick Larsson

Reputation: 785

If you run on a phone (web browser), over WIFI, be sure to use HTTPS

Upvotes: 0

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