“ I'm trying to use the new photo picker https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage/shared/photopicker in an app targeting SDK 33 (Android 13). ”
“ According to https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage/shared/media#media-location-permission , apps should be able to read location info from the EXIF as long as the user grants the ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION permission. That's the purpose of that permission, but it seems that the Photo Picker totally ignores that and redacts the location info regardless of the use case supported by the ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION permission. ”
“ Comment #4 above from Google ends with: "...share details about your use case". Well, according to what is likely your colleague's work and official developer documentation ( https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION ), as soon as the user grants the newer ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION permission, you shouldn't be concerned about a use case, and should stop redacting EXIF data. ”
“ My project, which was featured on #WeArePlay ( https://play.google.com/console/about/weareplay/ ) some months ago, is one of the projects that will DIE (100% die) if there is no way to fix this. ”
“ My project is NoFilter ( https://getnofilter.com ). NoFilter is an app where photographers and travelers can discover the best photo spots around the world. In other words: People take photos of cool places, and upload the photos on the app, and some other can discover them. ”
“ Some days ago I switched to this new photo picker, and practically none of the users can upload photos. All of them are reporting bugs, which I really thought it was a bug in Expo ( https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/24652 ), but they pointed out that the problem is actually this thing. ”
“ This whole issue and use case actually just got worse, or at least more convoluted, with the Oct. 2023 announcement of Google Play's new Photo and Video Permissions policy ( https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/14115180?sjid=7767112419204292656-NC ): ”