bug(camera): Camera.requestPermissions() hangs on Android 33+

[stefanMinch3v]

Capacitor Version

6

Other API Details

No response

Platforms Affected

• iOS
• Android
• Web

Current Behavior

When I click the button to pick an image from the gallery nothing happens

Expected Behavior

When i click the button to pick an image from the gallery it shows a pop-up to allow reading images and then select the image

Project Reproduction

https://github.com/stefanMinch3v/capacitor-bug-image-gallery/tree/main

Additional Information

On capacitor 5 the code below works as expected. It requests permission to read from gallery and then shows the gallery to pick an image. With capacitor 6, on button click nothing happens

With only these 2 permissions in the AndroidManifest.xml file
uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES"
uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"

Android version tested - 12 (works here), 13 (not working) and 14 (not working)

`async selectImage(): Promise {

try {
  await Camera.requestPermissions();
} catch {
  // do nothing
}

let img: Photo = null;

try {
  img = await Camera.getPhoto({
    quality: 90,
    allowEditing: false,
    resultType: CameraResultType.Base64,
    source: CameraSource.Photos
  });
} catch {
  // cancel image from gallery
}

if (img) {
 // continue the flow below
}

}`

Any idea how should I proceed here, do I need to add some extra code or permissions to the manifest file?
Thank you

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[botrot]

Hello,
our team is experiencing the same issue, is there any progress on the bug, just to know what to tell our users.

[Lasseroenn]

We are experiencing the same issue. Any updates?

[jcesarmobile]

@capacitor/camera 6 no longer requires permissions for picking pictures, see the breaking changes section of Capacitor 6 upgrade guide for Camera plugin https://capacitorjs.com/docs/updating/6-0#camera

So if you remove the await Camera.requestPermissions(); the picker will work.

But the Camera.requestPermissions(); should not hang on Android 33+, that should be fixed.

[botrot]

Is it safe to use without requesting permissions to read from camera/gallery, I thought it should always ask the user.