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Missing permissions for playing Audio on Android 13+

Open mmeyermcnord opened this issue 4 months ago • 7 comments

The app doesn't require the right "Access Audio and Music" and thus, the integrated music player does not play any audios on Android 13+.

mmeyermcnord avatar Aug 19 '25 11:08 mmeyermcnord

What permission is exactly missing? The app accesses audio files through MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission, which should give full control over files. can you check logs screen and see if there are any errors.

Raival-e avatar Aug 19 '25 12:08 Raival-e

The log screen doesn't show errors. But I see that all my apps that play audio require , beside MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, also require "Music and Audio Access" (sorry I don't know the technical name, that's how it is shown in the Android settings). If I remove this permission, these apps don't play audio neither, even if they have MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE. I think that is a new behaviour in Android 13+.

mmeyermcnord avatar Aug 19 '25 13:08 mmeyermcnord

alright, thanks, I'll investigate..

Raival-e avatar Aug 19 '25 13:08 Raival-e

Just tested in Android 15 (Samsung device) and the audio works fine. what device and android version are you using?

Raival-e avatar Aug 19 '25 13:08 Raival-e

Android 13 on Unihertz Jelly Star

mmeyermcnord avatar Aug 19 '25 13:08 mmeyermcnord

All the other Audio apps keep me asking at first start as in screenshot. Prism does [not.](

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mmeyermcnord avatar Aug 19 '25 13:08 mmeyermcnord

My device is Android 13 too and everything works fine, the permission you're talking about is needed when you want to access media files only. using MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE should give full control over files (including media files). I guess this is a device-specific issue.

I'll try to add an option to grant that permission and see if it helps.

Raival-e avatar Aug 19 '25 14:08 Raival-e