NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription key must be present in Info plist to use camera roll

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Recently I started to get this error       NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription key must be present in Info plist to   use camera roll    I am using React Native to build my app  I am not familiar with ios native development  and I don t know how to add this key to Info plist  Can you post an example  Thanks  I am using npm package  react-native-camera-roll-picker     1 1 7

User · Answer

i faced the same issue few days earlier for my IONIC 4 Project. when i uploaded my IPA, i got this warnings from App Store Connect.

I fixed the "Missing Purpose String in info.plist" issue, by the following steps. hope it will also work for you.

Goto your "info.plist" file.

Find this key, called Privacy - Photo Library Usage Description. if it's not present there, add a new one and it's value, like below image.

Thanks.

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https   developer apple com library content documentation General Reference InfoPlistKeyReference Articles CocoaKeys html   Privacy - Photo Library Additions Usage Description  for iOS 11 and later   Privacy - Photo Library Usage Description  for iOS 6 0 and later   Open plist file and this code    lt key gt NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt This app requires access to the photo library  lt  string gt    lt key gt NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt This app requires access to the photo library  lt  string gt

User · Answer

In order to save or retrieve an image from the camera roll  Additionally  you need to ask the user for the permission otherwise you ll get this error or your app may get crashed  To save yourself from this add this into your info plist   lt key gt NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt This app requires read and write permission from the user  lt  string gt    In the case of Xamarin iOS   if you re adding it from the generic editor then  Privacy - Photo Library Additions Usage Description  will be the given option you will find out instead of  NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription

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If you added the key-string pairs in Info plist  see Murat s answer above   and still getting the error  try to check if the target you re currently working on has the keys    In my case I had 2 targets  dev and development   I added the keys in the editor  but it only works for the main target and I was testing on development target  So I had to open XCode  click on the project   Info   Add the key-pair for the development target there

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For camera access use    lt key gt NSCameraUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt Camera Access Warning lt  string gt

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You need to paste these two in your info plist  The only way that worked in iOS 11 for me        lt key gt NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription lt  key gt       lt string gt This app requires access to the photo library  lt  string gt        lt key gt NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription lt  key gt       lt string gt This app requires access to the photo library  lt  string gt

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Add following code in info plist file   lt key gt NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt

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Thanks  rmaddy  I added this just after other key-string pairs in Info plist and fixed the problem    lt key gt NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt Photo Library Access Warning lt  string gt    Edit   I also ended up having similar problems on different components of my app  Ended up adding all these keys so far  after updating to Xcode8 iOS10     lt key gt NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt This app requires access to the photo library  lt  string gt   lt key gt NSMicrophoneUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt This app does not require access to the microphone  lt  string gt   lt key gt NSCameraUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt This app requires access to the camera  lt  string gt    Checkout this developer apple com link for full list of property list key references   Full List   Apple Music    lt key gt NSAppleMusicUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    Bluetooth    lt key gt NSBluetoothPeripheralUsageDescription lt  key gt     lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    Calendar    lt key gt NSCalendarsUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    Camera    lt key gt NSCameraUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    Contacts    lt key gt NSContactsUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    FaceID    lt key gt NSFaceIDUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    Health Share    lt key gt NSHealthShareUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    Health Update    lt key gt NSHealthUpdateUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    Home Kit    lt key gt NSHomeKitUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    Location    lt key gt NSLocationUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    Location  Always     lt key gt NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    Location  When in use     lt key gt NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    Microphone    lt key gt NSMicrophoneUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    Motion  Accelerometer     lt key gt NSMotionUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    NFC  Near-field communication       lt key gt NFCReaderUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    Photo Library    lt key gt NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    Photo Library  Write-only access     lt key gt NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    Reminders    lt key gt NSRemindersUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    Siri    lt key gt NSSiriUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt    Speech Recognition    lt key gt NSSpeechRecognitionUsageDescription lt  key gt   lt string gt My description about why I need this capability lt  string gt

User · Answer

MY FAVORITE WAY TO DO IT  1  Open info plist    2  Click this button to add a new key    3  Scroll down to find Privacy - Photo Library Usage Description    4  Select it  then add your description on the right

[ios] NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription key must be present in Info.plist to use camera roll

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