kashirin-dm
commented
8 months ago I've researched the problem, the source code of my project, and the code generated by FlutterFlow and concluded that the request always occurs for the photos permission. However, on older devices, a request for storage is needed. Therefore, it only works on newer versions of Android.
I wrote 2 custom actions to correct this behavior. They are not perfect and were done hastily, but they solve the problem.
I will share them here if they might be useful to someone.
The first action, "requestGalleryPermission", requests gallery access and does it differently depending on the Android version.
// Automatic FlutterFlow imports
import '/backend/backend.dart';
import '/backend/schema/structs/index.dart';
import '/actions/actions.dart' as action_blocks;
import '/flutter_flow/flutter_flow_theme.dart';
import '/flutter_flow/flutter_flow_util.dart';
import '/custom_code/actions/index.dart'; // Imports other custom actions
import '/flutter_flow/custom_functions.dart'; // Imports custom functions
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
// Begin custom action code
// DO NOT REMOVE OR MODIFY THE CODE ABOVE!
import 'dart:io';
import 'package:permission_handler/permission_handler.dart';
import 'package:device_info_plus/device_info_plus.dart';
import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
Future requestGalleryPermission() async {
if (kIsWeb) {
return;
}
if (Platform.isAndroid) {
final androidInfo = await DeviceInfoPlugin().androidInfo;
if (androidInfo.version.sdkInt <= 32) {
return Permission.storage.request();
}
}
return Permission.photos.request();
}The second action, "checkGalleryPermission", checks the permission differently depending on the Android version.
// Automatic FlutterFlow imports
import '/backend/backend.dart';
import '/backend/schema/structs/index.dart';
import '/actions/actions.dart' as action_blocks;
import '/flutter_flow/flutter_flow_theme.dart';
import '/flutter_flow/flutter_flow_util.dart';
import '/custom_code/actions/index.dart'; // Imports other custom actions
import '/flutter_flow/custom_functions.dart'; // Imports custom functions
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
// Begin custom action code
// DO NOT REMOVE OR MODIFY THE CODE ABOVE!
import 'dart:io';
import 'package:permission_handler/permission_handler.dart';
import 'package:device_info_plus/device_info_plus.dart';
import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
const kPermissionStateToBool = {
PermissionStatus.granted: true,
PermissionStatus.limited: true,
PermissionStatus.denied: false,
PermissionStatus.restricted: false,
PermissionStatus.permanentlyDenied: false,
};
Future<bool> checkGalleryPermission() async {
if (kIsWeb) {
return true;
}
PermissionStatus status;
if (Platform.isAndroid) {
final androidInfo = await DeviceInfoPlugin().androidInfo;
if (androidInfo.version.sdkInt <= 32) {
status = await Permission.storage.status;
} else {
status = await Permission.photos.status;
}
} else {
status = await Permission.photos.status;
}
return kPermissionStateToBool[status] ?? false;
}You must set a Pubspec dependency in these two actions: device_info_plus: 9.1.0
Next, I create a chain in FF: the first action requests the gallery permission, and the second returns the permission status. Then, I check this status and perform my logic based on it.
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Current Behavior
To be able to upload photos to memory or Firebase, I request permission for the camera and gallery.
Everything works correctly on Android 13 and 14, and I see two popups requesting permissions.
On a new test blank project: On Android 12 and below, I only get one camera request but no second. On my working project created a couple of months ago: I don't get any requests at all on Android 12 and below.
Expected Behavior
On any version of Android, I should get two requests for permissions.
Steps to Reproduce
Reproducible from Blank
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Context
I needed to add an additional READ_MEDIA_IMAGES permission because the permission request on Android 13+ just didn't work. (This should be added to the documentation or automatically added when loading media.)
I ran the tests on emulators running Android 14 and 11 and on real devices running Android 13, 12, and 9. On all devices below version 13, the problem is present.
If no permissions are requested, media uploads work correctly on any device. I didn't test permissions on Apple, as I'm making the app for Android only.
The contents of AndroidManifest:
On my two-month-old project on Android below version 13, permissions are not being requested at all, even in the emulator.
I tried updating permission_handler to version 11.3.0, but that didn't help. I've also tried removing READ_MEDIA_IMAGES manually from the manifest, which also did not affect older Android.
Visual documentation
Permissions:
Action Flow:
Android 11:
Android 14:
Additional Info
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