react-native-cameraroll: Camera Roll not returning any photos on iOS

I reported this bug in the react-native repo here at facebook/react-native#24140 , but they said to post it here.

🐛 Bug Report

When fetching photos from the Camera Roll on iOS by calling CameraRoll.getPhotos(), it always return an empty array of edges in the data. This problem is not present when I run it on Android nor in a Snack. I tried implementing the community version and the built-in version of the Camera Roll, but the problem persisted. I also tried running it on the iOS simulator, on an iPhone, and an iPad with no success.

To Reproduce

1. Create a new react native project (with react-native init)
2. Link the Camera Roll library a. With the RCTCameraRoll library as described here from facebook’s website b. Or with the RNCCameraRoll library as described in your README
3. Add the permission keys in the Info.plist as described here from facebook’s website
4. Copy paste the sample code from facebook’s website
5. Run react-native start --reset-cache (Solved the problems I was having with metro)
6. Run react-native run-ios

Expected Behavior

I would expect the Camera Roll getPhotos function to return a populated edges array in the edges with the information/URI of images in the phones camera roll.

Code Example

Cannot replicate bug in a Snack.

With the built-in Camera Roll Here is a repo with the code example. I also uploaded the iOS release app file to appetize.io, which does have the problem.

With the community version Here is a repo with the code example. I also uploaded the iOS release app file to appetize.io, which does have the same problem.

Environment

Output of the react-native info command

  React Native Environment Info:
    System:
      OS: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
      CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz
      Memory: 18.59 MB / 16.00 GB
      Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
    Binaries:
      Node: 11.12.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.15.2 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
      npm: 6.7.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
      Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: iOS 12.1, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.1, watchOS 5.1
      Android SDK:
        API Levels: 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28
        Build Tools: 21.1.2, 23.0.3, 25.0.2, 26.0.2, 27.0.3, 28.0.2, 28.0.3
        System Images: android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
    IDEs:
      Android Studio: 3.3 AI-182.5107.16.33.5264788
      Xcode: 10.1/10B61 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      react: 16.8.3 => 16.8.3 
      react-native: 0.59.1 => 0.59.1 
    npmGlobalPackages:
      react-native-cli: 2.0.1