Google Play Compliance Issue: READ_MEDIA_IMAGES Permission Requirement

[Eliajn]

After submitting the app for review on the Google Play Store, I received the following compliance feedback regarding media permissions:

Google Play Feedback: Your app is not compliant with how the READ_MEDIA_IMAGES permission is allowed to be used.

Apps must not declare READ_MEDIA_IMAGES unless their core functionality requires persistent access to photos.

If access is one-time or infrequent, Google requires using the Android Photo Picker instead.

Context: The Android SDK version used is 35 and react native version 0.76.5, which enforces declaring READ_MEDIA_IMAGES in AndroidManifest.xml. However, Google Play requires us to remove READ_MEDIA_IMAGES permission from the manifest to comply with their policies.

Request: Is anyone else facing this issue, what is the best approach to be compliant

[FancyLobster]

@Eliajn Did you try removing READ_MEDIA_IMAGES and READ_MEDIA_VIDEO from your Android manifest file? There was a closed issue regarding this, and it seems like it has been resolved in the latest version of this package:

#2087

[Eliajn]

Yes it was resolved doing that, thank you @FancyLobster

[Gurunivash-VJ]

@Eliajn @FancyLobster hi i am flutter developer i have facing the same problem in flutter app is there any solution for flutter app

[MaheshV-ITL]

@Eliajn i removed READ_MEDIA_IMAGES and READ_MEDIA_VIDEO from your Android manifest file and i used "react-native-image-crop-picker": "^0.51.1", so why i getting this same issue can you please help me