ionic ios10 beta permissions bug

Question

I just upgraded to ios10 beta on my iPhone & realized the permissions (to access photos, contacts, etc) now require a description string. I am on ionic 2

I tried adding this:

<config-file target="*-info.plist" parent="NSContactsUsageDescription">
<String>This is my permission string</String>
</config-file> 

to my config.xml but that did not work.

I then tried to do it manually through XCode & now it works but I have to put the app in the background in order to get the permission popup. Is this a known bug or is it something I'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

I would have to see your Error, but basically you now have to add things like this

camera

<key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
<string>Test message</string>

Photo Library

<key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
<string>Test message</string>

In your Appname-info.Plist

Answer 2

I since fixed the original problem I posted in this question. I believe the issue was caused by requesting permission to the user's location before the app was completely loaded. This made the original "request location" popup appear behind the app - therefore every other permission request appeared behind the app. After moving this request to a further point in the app, the permissions popups appeared above the app.

Answer 3

For Camera and Photo Library use this, for me it fixed everything.

ionic cordova plugin remove cordova-plugin-camera
ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-camera --variable CAMERA_USAGE_DESCRIPTION="app uses camera" --variable PHOTOLIBRARY_USAGE_DESCRIPTION="app uses library"