Hi all,
Hoping someone with Android knowledge could answer my question. My game has always used read_external_storage as it’s a big game file and the obb would be installed on an external storage if available.
Thus far, using that permission in the manifest worked no problem but I read on google site that " Starting in API level 33, this permission has no effect. If your app accesses other apps’ media files, request one or more of these permissions instead: READ_MEDIA_IMAGES, READ_MEDIA_VIDEO, READ_MEDIA_AUDIO. Learn more about thestorage permissions that are associated with media files."
So my question is this. My game doesn’t need permission for video, audio, or images, it just needed to be able to read from the external storage so is there a string I can use thats specific to storage? Right now, I changed the permission to “read_media_images” and the game functions as normal, but I don’t like that its asking the user for permission to access their photos/images as I personally am not accessing anything.
Any advice is appreciated!