READ EXTERNAL STORAGE permission not working...

Hello,
I have a script that pick all the photo in the gallery of the device. To be able to use it I have to add
"android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" to the AndroidManifest.xml.

All work fine on my test.
Now I've included this script in my main application, and obviously I've added the permission to the AndroidManifest.xml (in Assets\Plugins\Android folder).
The problem is that does not work...
in logcat I can read
UnityEngine.AndroidJavaException: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: reading com.android.providers.media.MediaProvider uri content://media/external/images/media from pid=5167, uid=10251 requires android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, or grantUriPermission()

I'm really confused because I've also examined the AndroidManifest.xml of the apk with Android Studio, and the permission is there!

So what could be the problem?
Many thanks for your help

 

Yes, indeed I've set the value to false and now it's working.
Thank-you!

 

Hello,
Same problem here. Whatever I tried, the dialog never pops so the permission is never granted. I have to manually turn it on to make it work.

1. <meta-data android:name="unityplayer.SkipPermissionsDialog" android:value="false" /> is not working
2. <uses-permission-sdk-23 android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" tools:node="replace" /> tools is not recognized (stackoverflow solution)
3. I'm not good enough to encapsulate Java in my code (stackoverflow solution)

The app is deployed for API 23 and +.

Thanks

 

This is mainly because even though your plugins mention the requirement explicitly in the manifest, Unity on export will add MaxSdkVersion=18 to the final manifest file. I'm not exactly sure why unity does it in only few versions though.

When using external photos directory we need to have it allowed in the manifest and not just limited to below API 18. Hope Unity fixes it sometime.

Cheers,
VB Team

 

Thanks.
Does that means I can't ask for this permission whatever I do?
I'm not exactly sure why unity does it in only few versions though.
Im on Unity 2018.4.5f1. Do you know what versions do not add the MaxSdkVersion?

I found this functional solution for those who struggle with this.

 

You can try work with Android and unity interaction。
android studio can help you to solve this problem
the method is useful
///permission==android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
public boolean CheckPeimission(String permission){
return PermissionChecker.checkSelfPermission(this, permission)==0;
}