nativescript-imagepicker: Selecting photos doesnt work on Android Q

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Selecting a photo returns this error: Asset '/storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera/IMG_20190920_122446.jpg' cannot be found.

And doing something like this: var img = imageSourceModule.fromFile(selected.android.toString()); results in this error: Error: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera/IMG_20190920_122446.jpg: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)

Does this have something to do with the new Scoped Storage Framework?

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Comments: 18 (3 by maintainers)

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For anybody that finds this, @dicksmith pointed this out:

Fun fact, if you want nativescript-imagepicker to work on Android 10, gotta target it (API 29) and add this to the application declaration in the manifest:

<application
  ...
    android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"
  ...
</application>

@DimitarTodorov is that what I was missing?

+28

davecoffin on Nov 1, 2019

It’s no longer allowed to use android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true" if you’re targeting Android 11. From May 5th, I think, we’ll no longer be allowed to submit apps with this flag.

fpaaske on Apr 23, 2021

I have the same issue and i am running it on a Xiaomi Mi 9 if that helps. Please reopen this issue, as I can confirm the bug. 😦

flodaniel on Nov 11, 2019

@PhilippS93 - Please see Dave’s link above: #309 (comment)

This is something Google changed in Android which breaks functionality; to get the old functionality you need to tell it you want it…

Thank you. But this seems to be a temporary solution, right? The plugin needs to be adapted to use scoped storage in the future when targeting Android 11 or newer.

PhilippS93 on Jul 28, 2020