We are happy to announce that we have just released an update for cordova-plugin-media-capture!

• cordova-plugin-media-capture@6.0.0

To upgrade:

cordova plugin remove cordova-plugin-media-capture
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-media-capture@6.0.0

Release Highlights

This major release primarily focused on ensuring that the plugin complies with Android's new strict permission requirements.

Specifically, it removes unnecessary permissions such as:

• android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
• android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
• android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO

Additionally, it removes broad media permissions:

• android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO
• android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES
• android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO

Please report any issues you find by following the How to File a Bug guide!

Changes include:

Breaking Changes:

• GH-308 feat(android)!: remove unnecessary permissions
• GH-280 feat(android)!: remove RECORD_AUDIO permission not requested at runtime
• GH-295 fix(android)!: remove broad media permissions

Features:

• GH-281 feat(android): Field 'storagePermissions' may be 'final'

Fixes:

• GH-307 fix(android): Remove usage of Media Store queries
• GH-302 fix(android): save media capture to File Provider

Chores, Refactoring, CI:

• GH-306 chore: upgrade eslint config and rolled dependencies
• GH-305 chore: npmrc
• GH-284 chore: update asf config
• GH-309 refactor(android): cleanup unused or obsolete code
• GH-304 ci(ios): update workflow environment
• GH-301 ci: sync workflow w/ paramedic