android/app/build.gradle

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ android {
         applicationId 'mobiledarmasaba.app'
         minSdkVersion rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion
         targetSdkVersion rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion
-        versionCode 17
+        versionCode 19
         versionName "2.2.0"
     }
     signingConfigs {

android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
-  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES" tools:node="remove"/>
-  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO" tools:node="remove"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO"/>

app.config.js

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default {
       },
       android: {
          package: "mobiledarmasaba.app",
-         versionCode: 19,
+         versionCode: 20,
          adaptiveIcon: {
             foregroundImage: "./assets/images/logo-icon-small.png",
             backgroundColor: "#ffffff"
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export default {
          "expo-font",
          "expo-image-picker",
          "expo-web-browser",
+         "./plugins/withRemoveMediaPermissions",
          [
             "@react-native-firebase/app",
             {

plugins/withRemoveMediaPermissions.js

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const { withAndroidManifest } = require('@expo/config-plugins');
+
+const BLOCKED_PERMISSIONS = [
+  'android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES',
+  'android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO',
+];
+
+const withRemoveMediaPermissions = (config) =>
+  withAndroidManifest(config, (config) => {
+    const manifest = config.modResults.manifest;
+    const permissions = manifest['uses-permission'] ?? [];
+
+    manifest['uses-permission'] = permissions.filter(
+      (perm) => !BLOCKED_PERMISSIONS.includes(perm.$?.['android:name'])
+    );
+
+    return config;
+  });
+
+module.exports = withRemoveMediaPermissions;