fix(mobile): Mark the camera explicitly as not required in android manifest. Fixed #755.

3 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/apps/mobile/app.json b/apps/mobile/app.json
index 4772c25b..87db856f 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/app.json
+++ b/apps/mobile/app.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
       "versionCode": 20
     },
     "plugins": [
+      "./plugins/camera-not-required.js",
       "expo-router",
       [
         "expo-share-intent",
diff --git a/apps/mobile/package.json b/apps/mobile/package.json
index 5d4b6089..6f21820c 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/package.json
+++ b/apps/mobile/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@
     "ignorePatterns": [
       "expo-plugins/**",
       "ios/**",
-      "android/**"
+      "android/**",
+      "plugins/**"
     ]
   },
   "prettier": "@hoarder/prettier-config"
diff --git a/apps/mobile/plugins/camera-not-required.js b/apps/mobile/plugins/camera-not-required.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75116604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/plugins/camera-not-required.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+const { withAndroidManifest } = require("@expo/config-plugins");
+
+const withCameraNotRequired = (config) => {
+  return withAndroidManifest(config, async (config) => {
+    config.modResults = await setCustomConfigAsync(config, config.modResults);
+    return config;
+  });
+};
+
+async function setCustomConfigAsync(_config, androidManifest) {
+  const usesFeature = androidManifest.manifest["uses-feature"] ?? [];
+  usesFeature.push({
+    $: {
+      "android:name": "android.hardware.camera",
+      "android:required": "false",
+    },
+  });
+  androidManifest.manifest["uses-feature"] = usesFeature;
+
+  return androidManifest;
+}
+
+module.exports = withCameraNotRequired;