An unified permissions API for React Native on iOS, Android and Windows.
(For Windows only builds 18362 and later are supported)
This library follows the React Native releases support policy.
It is supporting the latest version, and the two previous minor series.
$ npm install --save react-native-permissions
# --- or ---
$ yarn add react-native-permissions
By default no permission handler is linked. To add one, update your package.json
by adding the permissions used in your app, then run npx react-native setup-ios-permissions
followed by pod install
(reactNativePermissionsIOS.json
is also supported).
📌 Note that these commands must be re-executed each time you update this config, delete the node_modules
directory or update this library. An useful trick to cover a lot of these cases is running them on postinstall
and just run yarn
or npm install
manually when needed.
{
"reactNativePermissionsIOS": [
"AppTrackingTransparency",
"BluetoothPeripheral",
"Calendars",
"Camera",
"Contacts",
"FaceID",
"LocalNetworkPrivacy",
"LocationAccuracy",
"LocationAlways",
"LocationWhenInUse",
"MediaLibrary",
"Microphone",
"Motion",
"Notifications",
"PhotoLibrary",
"PhotoLibraryAddOnly",
"Reminders",
"Siri",
"SpeechRecognition",
"StoreKit"
],
"devDependencies": {
"pod-install": "0.1.38"
},
"scripts": {
"postinstall": "react-native setup-ios-permissions && pod-install"
}
}
Then update your Info.plist
with wanted permissions usage descriptions:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<!-- 🚨 Keep only the permissions used in your app 🚨 -->
<key>NSAppleMusicUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSBluetoothAlwaysUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSBluetoothPeripheralUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSCalendarsUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSContactsUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSFaceIDUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSLocationTemporaryUsageDescriptionDictionary</key>
<dict>
<key>YOUR-PURPOSE-KEY</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
</dict>
<key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSMotionUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSRemindersUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSSpeechRecognitionUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSSiriUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<key>NSUserTrackingUsageDescription</key>
<string>YOUR TEXT</string>
<!-- 🚨 This is required when requesting PERMISSIONS.IOS.LOCAL_NETWORK_PRIVACY 🚨 -->
<key>NSBonjourServices</key>
<array>
<string>_lnp._tcp.</string>
</array>
<!-- … -->
</dict>
</plist>
Add all wanted permissions to your app android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
file:
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- 🚨 Keep only the permissions used in your app 🚨 -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCEPT_HANDOVER" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.android.voicemail.permission.ADD_VOICEMAIL" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ANSWER_PHONE_CALLS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADVERTISE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BODY_SENSORS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BODY_SENSORS_BACKGROUND" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CALL_PHONE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CALENDAR" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CALL_LOG" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_NUMBERS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_MMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_WAP_PUSH" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.USE_SIP" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.UWB_RANGING" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CALENDAR" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CALL_LOG" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<!-- … -->
</manifest>
Open the project solution file from the windows
folder. In the app project open Package.appxmanifest
file. From there you can select which capabilites you want your app to support.
Because this package targets React Native 0.63.0+, you probably won't need to link it manually. Otherwise if it's not the case, follow these additional instructions. You also need to manual link the module on Windows when using React Native Windows prior to 0.63:
👀 See manual linking instructions
Add this line to your ios/Podfile
file, then run pod install
.
target 'YourAwesomeProject' do
# …
pod 'RNPermissions', :path => '../node_modules/react-native-permissions'
end
- Add the following lines to
android/settings.gradle
:
include ':react-native-permissions'
project(':react-native-permissions').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-permissions/android')
- Add the implementation line to the dependencies in
android/app/build.gradle
:
dependencies {
// ...
implementation project(':react-native-permissions')
}
- Add the import and link the package in
MainApplication.java
:
import com.zoontek.rnpermissions.RNPermissionsPackage; // <- add the RNPermissionsPackage import
public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
// …
@Override
protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
@SuppressWarnings("UnnecessaryLocalVariable")
List<ReactPackage> packages = new PackageList(this).getPackages();
// …
packages.add(new RNPermissionsPackage());
return packages;
}
// …
}
- In
windows/myapp.sln
add theRNCConfig
project to your solution:
- Open the solution in Visual Studio 2019
- Right-click Solution icon in Solution Explorer > Add > Existing Project
- Select
node_modules\react-native-permissions\windows\RNPermissions\RNPermissions.vcxproj
- In
windows/myapp/myapp.vcxproj
ad a reference toRNPermissions
to your main application project. From Visual Studio 2019:
- Right-click main application project > Add > Reference...
- Check
RNPermissions
from Solution Projects.
-
In
pch.h
add#include "winrt/RNPermissions.h"
. -
In
app.cpp
addPackageProviders().Append(winrt::RNPermissions::ReactPackageProvider());
beforeInitializeComponent();
.
As permissions are not handled in the same way on iOS and Android, this library provides an abstraction over the two platforms' behaviors. To understand it a little better, take a look to these two flowcharts:
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┃ check(PERMISSIONS.IOS.CAMERA) ┃
┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
│
Is the feature available
on this device ?
│ ╔════╗
├───────────║ NO ║──────────────┐
│ ╚════╝ │
╔═════╗ ▼
║ YES ║ ┌─────────────────────┐
╚═════╝ │ RESULTS.UNAVAILABLE │
│ └─────────────────────┘
Is the permission
requestable ?
│ ╔════╗
├───────────║ NO ║──────────────┐
│ ╚════╝ │
╔═════╗ ▼
║ YES ║ ┌───────────────────┐
╚═════╝ │ RESULTS.BLOCKED / │
│ │ RESULTS.LIMITED / │
│ │ RESULTS.GRANTED │
▼ └───────────────────┘
┌────────────────┐
│ RESULTS.DENIED │
└────────────────┘
│
▼
┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
┃ request(PERMISSIONS.IOS.CAMERA) ┃
┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
│
Does the user accept
the request ?
│ ╔════╗
├───────────║ NO ║──────────────┐
│ ╚════╝ │
╔═════╗ ▼
║ YES ║ ┌─────────────────┐
╚═════╝ │ RESULTS.BLOCKED │
│ └─────────────────┘
▼
┌─────────────────┐
│ RESULTS.GRANTED │
└─────────────────┘
┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
┃ check(PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.CAMERA) ┃
┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
│
Is the feature available
on this device ?
│ ╔════╗
├───────────║ NO ║──────────────┐
│ ╚════╝ │
╔═════╗ ▼
║ YES ║ ┌─────────────────────┐
╚═════╝ │ RESULTS.UNAVAILABLE │
│ └─────────────────────┘
Is the permission
already granted ?
│ ╔═════╗
├───────────║ YES ║─────────────┐
│ ╚═════╝ │
╔════╗ ▼
║ NO ║ ┌───────────────────┐
╚════╝ │ RESULTS.GRANTED │
│ └───────────────────┘
▼
┌────────────────┐
│ RESULTS.DENIED │◀──────────────────────┐
└────────────────┘ │
│ │
▼ │
┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ ╔═════╗
┃ request(PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.CAMERA) ┃ ║ YES ║
┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ ╚═════╝
│ │
Does the user accept │
the request ? │
│ ╔════╗ Is the permission
├───────────║ NO ║──── still requestable ?
│ ╚════╝ │
╔═════╗ ╔════╗
║ YES ║ ║ NO ║
╚═════╝ ╚════╝
│ │
▼ ▼
┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐
│ RESULTS.GRANTED │ │ RESULTS.BLOCKED │
└─────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘
┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
┃ check(PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.WEBCAM) ┃
┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
│
Is the feature available
on this device ?
│ ╔════╗
├───────────║ NO ║──────────────┐
│ ╚════╝ │
╔═════╗ ▼
║ YES ║ ┌─────────────────────┐
╚═════╝ │ RESULTS.UNAVAILABLE │
│ └─────────────────────┘
Is the permission
requestable ?
│ ╔════╗
├───────────║ NO ║──────────────┐
│ ╚════╝ │
╔═════╗ ▼
║ YES ║ ┌───────────────────┐
╚═════╝ │ RESULTS.BLOCKED / │
│ │ RESULTS.GRANTED │
▼ └───────────────────┘
┌────────────────┐
│ RESULTS.DENIED │
└────────────────┘
│
▼
┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
┃ request(PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.WEBCAM) ┃
┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
│
Does the user accept
the request ?
│ ╔════╗
├───────────║ NO ║──────────────┐
│ ╚════╝ │
╔═════╗ ▼
║ YES ║ ┌─────────────────┐
╚═════╝ │ RESULTS.BLOCKED │
│ └─────────────────┘
▼
┌─────────────────┐
│ RESULTS.GRANTED │
└─────────────────┘
Android permissions
import {PERMISSIONS} from 'react-native-permissions';
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.ACCEPT_HANDOVER;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.ADD_VOICEMAIL;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.ANSWER_PHONE_CALLS;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.BLUETOOTH_ADVERTISE;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.BLUETOOTH_SCAN;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.BODY_SENSORS;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.BODY_SENSORS_BACKGROUND;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.CALL_PHONE;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.CAMERA;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.GET_ACCOUNTS;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.POST_NOTIFICATIONS;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.READ_CALENDAR;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.READ_CALL_LOG;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.READ_CONTACTS;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.READ_PHONE_NUMBERS;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.READ_PHONE_STATE;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.READ_SMS;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.RECEIVE_MMS;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.RECEIVE_SMS;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.RECEIVE_WAP_PUSH;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.RECORD_AUDIO;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.SEND_SMS;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.USE_SIP;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.UWB_RANGING;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.WRITE_CALENDAR;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.WRITE_CALL_LOG;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.WRITE_CONTACTS;
PERMISSIONS.ANDROID.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE;
iOS permissions
import {PERMISSIONS} from 'react-native-permissions';
PERMISSIONS.IOS.APP_TRACKING_TRANSPARENCY;
PERMISSIONS.IOS.BLUETOOTH_PERIPHERAL;
PERMISSIONS.IOS.CALENDARS;
PERMISSIONS.IOS.CAMERA;
PERMISSIONS.IOS.CONTACTS;
PERMISSIONS.IOS.FACE_ID;
PERMISSIONS.IOS.LOCAL_NETWORK_PRIVACY;
PERMISSIONS.IOS.LOCATION_ALWAYS;
PERMISSIONS.IOS.LOCATION_WHEN_IN_USE;
PERMISSIONS.IOS.MEDIA_LIBRARY;
PERMISSIONS.IOS.MICROPHONE;
PERMISSIONS.IOS.MOTION;
PERMISSIONS.IOS.PHOTO_LIBRARY;
PERMISSIONS.IOS.PHOTO_LIBRARY_ADD_ONLY;
PERMISSIONS.IOS.REMINDERS;
PERMISSIONS.IOS.SIRI;
PERMISSIONS.IOS.SPEECH_RECOGNITION;
PERMISSIONS.IOS.STOREKIT;
Windows permissions
import {PERMISSIONS} from 'react-native-permissions';
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.ACCESSORY_MANAGER;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.ACTIVITY;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.ALLOW_ELEVATION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.ALL_APP_MODS;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.ALL_JOYN;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.APPOINTMENTS;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.APPOINTMENTS_SYSTEM;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.APP_BROADCAST_SERVICES;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.APP_CAPTURE_SERVICES;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.APP_CAPTURE_SETTINGS;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.APP_DIAGNOSTICS;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.APP_LICENSING;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.AUDIO_DEVICE_CONFIGURATION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.BACKGROUND_MEDIA_PLAYBACK;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.BACKGROUND_MEDIA_RECORDING;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.BACKGROUND_SPATIAL_PERCEPTION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.BACKGROUND_VOIP;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.BLOCKED_CHAT_MESSAGES;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.BLUETOOTH;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.BROAD_FILE_SYSTEM_ACCESS;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.CAMERA_PROCESSING_EXTENSION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.CELLULAR_DEVICE_CONTROL;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.CELLULAR_DEVICE_IDENTITY;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.CELLULAR_MESSAGING;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.CHAT_SYSTEM;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.CODE_GENERATION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.CONFIRM_APP_CLOSE;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.CONTACTS;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.CONTACTS_SYSTEM;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.CORTANA_PERMISSIONS;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.CORTANA_SPEECH_ACCESSORY;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.CUSTOM_INSTALL_ACTIONS;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.DEVELOPMENT_MODE_NETWORK;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.DEVICE_MANAGEMENT_DM_ACCOUNT;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.DEVICE_MANAGEMENT_EMAIL_ACCOUNT;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.DEVICE_MANAGEMENT_FOUNDATION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.DEVICE_MANAGEMENT_WAP_SECURITY_POLICIES;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.DEVICE_PORTAL_PROVIDER;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.DEVICE_UNLOCK;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.DOCUMENTS_LIBRARY;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.DUAL_SIM_TILES;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.EMAIL;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.EMAIL_SYSTEM;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.ENTERPRISE_AUTHENTICATION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.ENTERPRISE_CLOUD_S_S_O;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.ENTERPRISE_DATA_POLICY;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.ENTERPRISE_DEVICE_LOCKDOWN;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.EXPANDED_RESOURCES;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.EXTENDED_BACKGROUND_TASK_TIME;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.EXTENDED_EXECUTION_BACKGROUND_AUDIO;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.EXTENDED_EXECUTION_CRITICAL;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.EXTENDED_EXECUTION_UNCONSTRAINED;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.FIRST_SIGN_IN_SETTINGS;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.GAME_BAR_SERVICES;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.GAME_LIST;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.GAME_MONITOR;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.GAZE_INPUT;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.GLOBAL_MEDIA_CONTROL;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.HUMANINTERFACEDEVICE;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.INPUT_FOREGROUND_OBSERVATION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.INPUT_INJECTION_BROKERED;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.INPUT_OBSERVATION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.INPUT_SUPPRESSION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.INTERNET_CLIENT;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.INTERNET_CLIENT_SERVER;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.INTEROP_SERVICES;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.IOT;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.LOCAL_SYSTEM_SERVICES;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.LOCATION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.LOCATION_HISTORY;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.LOCATION_SYSTEM;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.LOW_LEVEL;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.LOW_LEVEL_DEVICES;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.MICROPHONE;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.MOBILE;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.MODIFIABLE_APP;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.MUSIC_LIBRARY;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.NETWORKING_VPN_PROVIDER;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.NETWORK_CONNECTION_MANAGER_PROVISIONING;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.NETWORK_DATA_PLAN_PROVISIONING;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.NETWORK_DATA_USAGE_MANAGEMENT;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.OEM_DEPLOYMENT;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.OEM_PUBLIC_DIRECTORY;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.ONE_PROCESS_VOIP;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.OPTICAL;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PACKAGED_SERVICES;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PACKAGES_SERVICES;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PACKAGE_MANAGEMENT;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PACKAGE_POLICY_SYSTEM;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PACKAGE_QUERY;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PACKAGE_WRITE_REDIRECTION_COMPATIBILITY_SHIM;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PHONE_CALL;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PHONE_CALL_HISTORY;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PHONE_CALL_HISTORY_SYSTEM;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PHONE_LINE_TRANSPORT_MANAGEMENT;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PICTURES_LIBRARY;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.POINT_OF_SERVICE;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PREVIEW_INK_WORKSPACE;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PREVIEW_PEN_WORKSPACE;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PREVIEW_STORE;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PREVIEW_UI_COMPOSITION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PRIVATE_NETWORK_CLIENT_SERVER;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PROTECTED_APP;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.PROXIMITY;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.RADIOS;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.RECORDED_CALLS_FOLDER;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.REMOTE_PASSPORT_AUTHENTICATION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.REMOTE_SYSTEM;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.REMOVABLE_STORAGE;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.RESCAP;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.RUN_FULL_TRUST;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.SCREEN_DUPLICATION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.SECONDARY_AUTHENTICATION_FACTOR;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.SECURE_ASSESSMENT;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.SERIALCOMMUNICATION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.SHARED_USER_CERTIFICATES;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.SLAPI_QUERY_LICENSE_VALUE;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.SMBIOS;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.SMS_SEND;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.SPATIAL_PERCEPTION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.START_SCREEN_MANAGEMENT;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.STORE_LICENSE_MANAGEMENT;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.SYSTEM_MANAGEMENT;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.TARGETED_CONTENT;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.TEAM_EDITION_DEVICE_CREDENTIAL;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.TEAM_EDITION_EXPERIENCE;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.TEAM_EDITION_VIEW;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.UAP;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.UI_AUTOMATION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.UNVIRTUALIZED_RESOURCES;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.USB;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.USER_ACCOUNT_INFORMATION;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.USER_DATA_ACCOUNTS_PROVIDER;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.USER_DATA_SYSTEM;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.USER_PRINCIPAL_NAME;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.USER_SYSTEM_ID;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.VIDEOS_LIBRARY;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.VOIP_CALL;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.WALLET_SYSTEM;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.WEBCAM;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.WIFI_CONTROL;
PERMISSIONS.WINDOWS.XBOX_ACCESSORY_MANAGEMENT;
Permission checks and requests resolve into one of these statuses:
Return value | Notes |
---|---|
RESULTS.UNAVAILABLE |
This feature is not available (on this device / in this context) |
RESULTS.DENIED |
The permission has not been requested / is denied but requestable |
RESULTS.GRANTED |
The permission is granted |
RESULTS.LIMITED |
The permission is granted but with limitations |
RESULTS.BLOCKED |
The permission is denied and not requestable anymore |
// type used in usage examples
type PermissionStatus = 'unavailable' | 'denied' | 'limited' | 'granted' | 'blocked';
Check one permission status.
blocked
after a check
, you have to request the permission to get the info.
function check(permission: string): Promise<PermissionStatus>;
import {check, PERMISSIONS, RESULTS} from 'react-native-permissions';
check(PERMISSIONS.IOS.LOCATION_ALWAYS)
.then((result) => {
switch (result) {
case RESULTS.UNAVAILABLE:
console.log('This feature is not available (on this device / in this context)');
break;
case RESULTS.DENIED:
console.log('The permission has not been requested / is denied but requestable');
break;
case RESULTS.LIMITED:
console.log('The permission is limited: some actions are possible');
break;
case RESULTS.GRANTED:
console.log('The permission is granted');
break;
case RESULTS.BLOCKED:
console.log('The permission is denied and not requestable anymore');
break;
}
})
.catch((error) => {
// …
});
Request one permission.
Note that the rationale
parameter is only available and used on Android.
type Rationale = {
title: string;
message: string;
buttonPositive?: string;
buttonNegative?: string;
buttonNeutral?: string;
};
function request(permission: string, rationale?: Rationale): Promise<PermissionStatus>;
import {request, PERMISSIONS} from 'react-native-permissions';
request(PERMISSIONS.IOS.LOCATION_ALWAYS).then((result) => {
// …
});
Check notifications permission status and get notifications settings values.
type NotificationSettings = {
// properties only available on iOS
// unavailable settings will not be included in the response object
alert?: boolean;
badge?: boolean;
sound?: boolean;
carPlay?: boolean;
criticalAlert?: boolean;
provisional?: boolean;
providesAppSettings?: boolean;
lockScreen?: boolean;
notificationCenter?: boolean;
};
function checkNotifications(): Promise<{
status: PermissionStatus;
settings: NotificationSettings;
}>;
import {checkNotifications} from 'react-native-permissions';
checkNotifications().then(({status, settings}) => {
// …
});
Request notifications permission status and get notifications settings values.
- You have to target at least SDK 33 to perform request on Android 13+. The permission is always granted for prior versions.
- You cannot request notifications permissions on Windows. Disabling / enabling them can only be done through the App Settings.
// only used on iOS
type NotificationOption =
| 'alert'
| 'badge'
| 'sound'
| 'criticalAlert'
| 'carPlay'
| 'provisional'
| 'providesAppSettings';
type NotificationSettings = {
// properties only available on iOS
// unavailable settings will not be included in the response object
alert?: boolean;
badge?: boolean;
sound?: boolean;
carPlay?: boolean;
criticalAlert?: boolean;
provisional?: boolean;
providesAppSettings?: boolean;
lockScreen?: boolean;
notificationCenter?: boolean;
};
function requestNotifications(options: NotificationOption[]): Promise<{
status: PermissionStatus;
settings: NotificationSettings;
}>;
import {requestNotifications} from 'react-native-permissions';
requestNotifications(['alert', 'sound']).then(({status, settings}) => {
// …
});
Check multiples permissions in parallel.
blocked
after a check
, you have to request the permission to get the info.
function checkMultiple<P extends Permission[]>(
permissions: P,
): Promise<Record<P[number], PermissionStatus>>;
import {checkMultiple, PERMISSIONS} from 'react-native-permissions';
checkMultiple([PERMISSIONS.IOS.CAMERA, PERMISSIONS.IOS.FACE_ID]).then((statuses) => {
console.log('Camera', statuses[PERMISSIONS.IOS.CAMERA]);
console.log('FaceID', statuses[PERMISSIONS.IOS.FACE_ID]);
});
Request multiple permissions in sequence.
function requestMultiple<P extends Permission[]>(
permissions: P,
): Promise<Record<P[number], PermissionStatus>>;
import {requestMultiple, PERMISSIONS} from 'react-native-permissions';
requestMultiple([PERMISSIONS.IOS.CAMERA, PERMISSIONS.IOS.FACE_ID]).then((statuses) => {
console.log('Camera', statuses[PERMISSIONS.IOS.CAMERA]);
console.log('FaceID', statuses[PERMISSIONS.IOS.FACE_ID]);
});
Open application settings.
function openSettings(): Promise<void>;
import {openSettings} from 'react-native-permissions';
openSettings().catch(() => console.warn('cannot open settings'));
Open a picker to update the photo selection when PhotoLibrary
permission is limited
. This will reject if unsupported or if full permission is already granted
.
function openLimitedPhotoLibraryPicker(): Promise<void>;
import {openLimitedPhotoLibraryPicker} from 'react-native-permissions';
openLimitedPhotoLibraryPicker().catch(() => {
console.warn('Cannot open photo library picker');
});
When LocationAlways
or LocationWhenInUse
is granted
, allow checking if the user share his precise location.
type LocationAccuracy = 'full' | 'reduced';
function checkLocationAccuracy(): Promise<LocationAccuracy>;
import {checkLocationAccuracy} from 'react-native-permissions';
checkLocationAccuracy()
.then((accuracy) => console.log(`Location accuracy is: ${accuracy}`))
.catch(() => console.warn('Cannot check location accuracy'));
When LocationAlways
or LocationWhenInUse
is granted
, allow requesting the user for his precise location. Will resolve immediately if full
accuracy is already authorized.
type LocationAccuracyOptions = {
purposeKey: string;
};
type LocationAccuracy = 'full' | 'reduced';
function requestLocationAccuracy(options: LocationAccuracyOptions): Promise<LocationAccuracy>;
import {requestLocationAccuracy} from 'react-native-permissions';
requestLocationAccuracy({purposeKey: 'YOUR-PURPOSE-KEY'})
.then((accuracy) => console.log(`Location accuracy is: ${accuracy}`))
.catch(() => console.warn('Cannot request location accuracy'));
If you are requesting PERMISSIONS.IOS.LOCATION_ALWAYS
, there won't be a Always Allow
button in the system dialog. Only Allow Once
, Allow While Using App
and Don't Allow
. This is expected behaviour, check the Apple Developer Docs.
When requesting PERMISSIONS.IOS.LOCATION_ALWAYS
, if the user choose Allow While Using App
, a provisional "always" status will be granted. The user will see While Using
in the settings and later will be informed that your app is using the location in background. That looks like this:
Subsequently, if you are requesting LOCATION_ALWAYS
permission, there is no need to request LOCATION_WHEN_IN_USE
. If the user accepts, LOCATION_WHEN_IN_USE
will be granted too. If the user denies, LOCATION_WHEN_IN_USE
will be denied too.
If you don't already have a Jest setup file configured, please add the following to your Jest configuration file and create the new jest.setup.js
file in project root:
setupFiles: ['<rootDir>/jest.setup.js'];
You can then add the following line to that setup file to mock the NativeModule.RNPermissions
:
jest.mock('react-native-permissions', () => require('react-native-permissions/mock'));
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