No media permission will be asked on Android 14+ devices because partial media access permissions are confusing for the end-user + Fixed RequestPermission sometimes not working when the permission was reset via Settings

Author: yasirkula

.github/AAR Source (Android)/java/com/yasirkula/unity/NativeCamera.java

@@ -91,19 +91,16 @@ public static int CheckPermission( Context context, final boolean isPicturePermi
 				if( context.checkSelfPermission( Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE ) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED )
 					return 0;
 			}
-			else if( isPicturePermission )
+			else if( Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 34 && context.checkSelfPermission( isPicturePermission ? "android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES" : "android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO" ) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED )
 			{
-				if( context.checkSelfPermission( "android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES" ) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED )
-					return 0;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				if( context.checkSelfPermission( "android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO" ) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED )
-					return 0;
+				// On Android 14+ (34), partial media access permission is introduced which we want to avoid in a camera app (it'd be confusing for the end user):
+				// https://developer.android.com/about/versions/14/changes/partial-photo-video-access
+				// We're hoping that by now, the native camera apps have become smart enough to avoid saving the captured media to Gallery.
+				return 0;
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Credit: https://blog.egorand.me/taking-photos-not-so-simply-how-i-got-bitten-by-action_image_capture/
+		// If CAMERA permission is declared, we must request it: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/MediaStore#ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE
 		if( NativeCameraUtils.IsPermissionDefinedInManifest( context, Manifest.permission.CAMERA ) && context.checkSelfPermission( Manifest.permission.CAMERA ) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED )
 			return 0;
 

.github/AAR Source (Android)/java/com/yasirkula/unity/NativeCameraPermissionFragment.java

@@ -67,19 +67,18 @@ public void onCreate( Bundle savedInstanceState )
 
 			if( Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 33 || getActivity().getApplicationInfo().targetSdkVersion < 33 )
 				permissions.add( Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE );
-			else
-			{
-				boolean isPicturePermission = getArguments().getBoolean( PICTURE_PERMISSION_ID );
-				if( isPicturePermission )
-					permissions.add( "android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES" );
-				else
-					permissions.add( "android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO" );
-			}
+			else if( Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 34 )
+				permissions.add( getArguments().getBoolean( PICTURE_PERMISSION_ID ) ? "android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES" : "android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO" );
 
-			String[] permissionsArray = new String[permissions.size()];
-			permissions.toArray( permissionsArray );
+			if( permissions.size() > 0 )
+			{
+				String[] permissionsArray = new String[permissions.size()];
+				permissions.toArray( permissionsArray );
 
-			requestPermissions( permissionsArray, PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_CODE );
+				requestPermissions( permissionsArray, PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_CODE );
+			}
+			else
+				onRequestPermissionsResult( PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_CODE, new String[0], new int[0] );
 		}
 	}
 

Plugins/NativeCamera/Android/NativeCamera.aar

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public static Permission RequestPermission( bool isPicturePermission )
 		{
 			NCPermissionCallbackAndroid nativeCallback = new NCPermissionCallbackAndroid( threadLock );
 
-			AJC.CallStatic( "RequestPermission", Context, nativeCallback, isPicturePermission, PlayerPrefs.GetInt( "NativeCameraPermission", (int) Permission.ShouldAsk ) );
+			AJC.CallStatic( "RequestPermission", Context, nativeCallback, isPicturePermission, (int) Permission.ShouldAsk );
 
 			if( nativeCallback.Result == -1 )
 				System.Threading.Monitor.Wait( threadLock );

Plugins/NativeCamera/NativeCamera.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-= Native Camera for Android & iOS (v1.3.8) =
+= Native Camera for Android & iOS (v1.3.9) =
 
 Online documentation & example code available at: https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityNativeCamera
 E-mail: yasirkula@gmail.com

Plugins/NativeCamera/README.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "com.yasirkula.nativecamera",
   "displayName": "Native Camera",
-  "version": "1.3.8",
+  "version": "1.3.9",
   "documentationUrl": "https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityNativeCamera",
   "changelogUrl": "https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityNativeCamera/releases",
   "licensesUrl": "https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityNativeCamera/blob/master/LICENSE.txt",