fix(android): stop requesting READ_MEDIA_IMAGES to comply with Play photo picker policy - #2355
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Android image selection already uses the Storage Access Framework system picker (safMediastore.selectFile / ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT), which needs no media permission. Requesting READ_MEDIA_IMAGES triggers a Google Play Photo and Video Permissions policy violation for apps targeting API 33+.
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Summary
Google Play flagged the app under the Photo and Video Permissions policy: apps targeting Android 13+ (API 33+) may not request
READ_MEDIA_IMAGES/READ_MEDIA_VIDEOwhen a system picker is sufficient.On Android, Cboard already selects images through the Storage Access Framework system picker via
window.cordova.plugins.safMediastore.selectFile()(which usesACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT). That picker grants per-URI read access and requires no media permission, soREAD_MEDIA_IMAGESwas unnecessary.This PR removes
READ_MEDIA_IMAGESfrom the runtime permission request inrequestCvaPermissions().Changes
src/cordova-util.js: removeREAD_MEDIA_IMAGESfrom theandroidPermissionsrequested at runtime.RECORD_AUDIO/READ_MEDIA_AUDIOare kept because they serve other features and are not part of this policy issue.Note for the Cordova wrapper (cboard-org/cboard-cordova / ccboard)
The matching
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES" />declaration must also be removed from the wrapper'sconfig.xml(and regeneratedAndroidManifest.xml) so the built AAB no longer declares the permission. That change lives in the Cordova wrapper repository, not here.Testing