🐛 Android's getCameraPermissionStatus and getLocationPermissionStatus always returned 'denied' on a fresh install of the app

[tomtargosz]

What's happening?

On Android, when an app is freshly installed getCameraPermissionStatus and getLocationPermissionStatus always returned 'denied' when they should be returning 'not-determined'. If after installing the app you go into the settings for the app and turn camera or location permissions on and then off, and then open the app the methods will return 'not-determined' as expected. This is not happening on iOS. I noticed this issue that mentions the same thing but I don't believe the docs were updated.

Reproduceable Code

console.log(Camera.getCameraPermissionStatus())
console.log(Camera.getLocationPermissionStatus())

Relevant log output

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Camera Device

-

Device

Pixel 7 (Android 14)

VisionCamera Version

4.1.0

Can you reproduce this issue in the VisionCamera Example app?

Yes, I can reproduce the same issue in the Example app here

Additional information

• I am using Expo
• I have enabled Frame Processors (react-native-worklets-core)
• I have read the Troubleshooting Guide
• I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct
• I searched for similar issues in this repository and found none.

[giuliobracci]

Hi @tomtargosz I'll suggest you to take a look at react-native-permissions. They have a great README explaining the permissions flow for Android. @mrousavy I can update the docs for Android you're cool with it