Hello guys. I need advice, please, about editing the android manifest to upload to Oculus Store. Please see the screenshot. Can't get how and where to solve it. App made in UE 4.23.1. Thanks.
I am trying to only remove the ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION permission. I tried the removePermission element, but I got the following warning when I packaged the project and the upload still says the permission is there.
I found another way using the tools:node element, described below, but when I attempted to upload the project, the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission was gone, but the ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION was still there.
Our app suffers the same fate. The ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION is nowhere to be found within both, the UE and our codebases. Even a fulltext search couldn't find any in the build files. Its not present in the Manifests and I ran out of ideas where it could possibly come from yesterday. Any attempt to remove the permission with conventional weapons has proven to be unsuccessfull. Sadly both of the methods described in this post did not work. The rest of the permissions can be easly switched on and off at will. I give up. I'll describe the struggle to the reviewer and hope for the best during the review process.
Ok guys, I gave it a one last go before the submission and its possible that the ovr-platform-util.exe contains a bug. If I analyze my apk using the android sdk tools there is no sign of the dreaded ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION permission.
We might have to file a bug report for this behavior.
I have only one warning for the dated OpenSSL lib. Did you "uncheck" RECORD_AUDIO in the project settings? Check @VintageGreen 's screenshot for the androd tab settings.
No, we need the RECORD_AUDIO permission for voice chat. But ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION is the problem. We really don't need it as it "Alows an application to access any geographic locations persisted in the user's shared collection".
I ignored the permission error and left a note in the apps submission and they approved the build. The permission still appears on the app in the oculus dashboard along with a bunch of other permissions.
We have the same problem and we cannot remove the permissions because we need to access files for our game saving functionality. It would be fine to explain that in the "Notes for the reviewer field" (as suggested in the error message), but a) where do I find that field b) I thought that App Lab has less restrictions than the normal store - does this not apply for the platform utility?
