react-native-permissions 4.0.0

on Node.js NPM

Version 4.0.0, with iOS 17 and Android 14 support 🎉

⚠️ This version requires Xcode 15 and drops support for iOS < 12.4 and React Native < 0.70.

What's changed

• Deprecated iOS permission setup methods have been removed. setup_permissions is now the unique way to do it
• openLimitedPhotoLibraryPicker has been renamed openPhotoPicker
• PERMISSIONS.IOS.BLUETOOTH_PERIPHERAL has been renamed PERMISSIONS.IOS.BLUETOOTH

What's new

• New Android permission: PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED (closes #827)
• New iOS permission: PERMISSIONS.IOS.CALENDARS_WRITE_ONLY (closes #804)
• openPhotoPicker now resolves on picker close, not immediately (closes #689)
• PERMISSIONS.IOS.APP_TRACKING_TRANSPARENCY now resolves the requestTrackingAuthorizationWithCompletionHandler callback value (closes #823)

How to migrate

• Migrate to the setup_permissions method
• Replace PERMISSIONS.IOS.BLUETOOTH_PERIPHERAL with PERMISSIONS.IOS.BLUETOOTH
• Replace BluetoothPeripheral with Bluetooth in setup_permissions
• Replace NSCalendarsUsageDescription with NSCalendarsFullAccessUsageDescription
• Replace NSRemindersUsageDescription with NSRemindersFullAccessUsageDescription
• Replace openLimitedPhotoLibraryPicker with openPhotoPicker

What's next?

This release is quite minimal. If your company wants a new feature, feels free to reach me via email to hire me for it 🙂