On mobile: mergAVRequestMediaAccess "video" and androidRequestPermission "android.permission.CAMERA"

[Mike Kerner]

this isn't an uncommon problem.
what other apps on ios do is throw up a separate dialog that directs the
user to Settings->Privacy and Security->whatever (in your case, both
"Camera" and "Microphone"), and tells the user to return to try again when
that setting is changed.

On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 8:46 AM Klaus major-k via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hi friends,
>
> I have a mobile app which is meaningless if the user does not allow access
> to the camera!
>
> Basically it is a companion to a game with printed cards, and on these
> cards are QR-codes.
> The app (the user) will then scan the code, the app will play a sound of
> an animal and the user
> has to guess the name of the animal.
>
> Here two questions:
> 1. To "force" users to allow camera access I annoy them by issuing:
> -> mergAVRequestMediaAccess "video"
> resp.
> -> androidRequestPermission "android.permission.CAMERA"
> directly when the app starts and then I check if we have the permission
> every time the user clicks on
> "go to QR scan card" and issue the above dialog again until the user
> finally allows or clicks
> "Don't ask again" (Android) in that dialog. Then it is their own fault.
>
> However on iOS the "Allow camera access" will only appear ONCE when the
> app starts and then
> never again!? No matter how often I issue -> mergAVRequestMediaAccess
> "video"
> Is this a bug or a feature of MergAV?
>
> The OS will memorize the setting, so after a new start of the app, NO
> "allow camera access"
> dialog will ever show up again and that applies to iOS as well as to
> Android.
>
> So this leads me to question:
> 2. Does anybody has a clever idea how to handle this situation?
> Once the user clicks "Don't allow" for whatever reason and quits the app,
> he/she will never see this
> dialog again and needs to deinstall and install the app again to finally
> allow camera access
>
> This is of course a terrible user experience, but what option do we have
> in that case?
> Know what I mean?
>
> Thanks for any useful hint! :-)
>
>
> Best
>
> Klaus
> --
> Klaus Major
> https://www.major-k.de
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>
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