Android Manifest Permissions Issue

[ashvin777]

Hi Team,

In the plugin.xml <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /> is this really required for this plugin ? I have a security requirement to remove this permission from app.

Please help. I am not using any external storage in my app. Is it ok to just remove it or it is going to impact any functionalities.

[ecthurlow]

The plugin does write to the external cache, however starting from 4.4 KitKat no permissions are required to write to the external storage of your own app.

You can use <uses-permission android:maxSdkVersion="18" android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /> instead to only add this permission for versions of android older than KitKat.
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html#AccessingExtFiles
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html#getExternalCacheDir()

[rwillett]

Closed as no update from original poster.

[ashvin777]

Thanks :)