iOS 10 - Changes in asking permissions of Camera, microphone and Photo Library causing application to crash

Question

iOS 10, Now Requires User Permission to Access Media Library, Photos, Camera and other Hardware like these. The solution for this is to add their keys into info.plist with a description for user that how we are using their data,

I could only find a few keys

NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription
NSMicrophoneUsageDescription
NSCameraUsageDescription

I want to know if there are more keys also for other hardware as in iOS 10 if you haven't provided info.plist with proper keys description your application will crash if build using XCode - 8 beta.

Answer 1

There is a list of all Cocoa Keys that you can specify in your Info.plist file:

https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/CocoaKeys.html

(Xcode target -> Info -> Custom iOS Target Properties)

iOS already required permissions to access microphone, camera, and media library earlier (iOS6, iOS7), but since iOS10 app will crash if you don't provide the description why you are asking for the permission (it can't be empty).

Privacy keys with example description:

Source

You can also open Info.plist as source code:

Source

And add them like this:

<key>NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription</key>
<string>${PRODUCT_NAME} always location use</string>

List of all privacy keys:

NSCameraUsageDescription
NSBluetoothPeripheralUsageDescription
NSCalendarsUsageDescription
NSContactsUsageDescription
NSHealthShareUsageDescription
NSHealthUpdateUsageDescription
NSHomeKitUsageDescription
NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription
NSLocationUsageDescription
NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription
NSAppleMusicUsageDescription
NSMicrophoneUsageDescription
NSMotionUsageDescription
kTCCServiceMediaLibrary
NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription
NSRemindersUsageDescription
NSSiriUsageDescription
NSSpeechRecognitionUsageDescription
NSVideoSubscriberAccountUsageDescription

Update 2019:

In the last months, two of my apps were rejected during the review because the camera usage description wasn't specifying what I do with taken photos.

I had to change the description from ${PRODUCT_NAME} need access to the camera to take a photo to ${PRODUCT_NAME} need access to the camera to update your avatar even though the app context was obvious (user tapped on the avatar).

It seems that Apple is now paying even more attention to the privacy usage descriptions and we should explain in details why we are asking for permission.

Answer 2

Please find below codes for ios 10 request permission sample for info.plist.
You can modify for your custom message.

    <key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} Camera Usage</string>

    <key>NSBluetoothPeripheralUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} BluetoothPeripheral</string>

    <key>NSCalendarsUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} Calendar Usage</string>

    <key>NSContactsUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} Contact fetch</string>

    <key>NSHealthShareUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} Health Description</string>

    <key>NSHealthUpdateUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} Health Updates</string>

    <key>NSHomeKitUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} HomeKit Usage</string>

    <key>NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} Use location always</string>

    <key>NSLocationUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} Location Updates</string>

    <key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} WhenInUse Location</string>

    <key>NSAppleMusicUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} Music Usage</string>

    <key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} Microphone Usage</string>

    <key>NSMotionUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} Motion Usage</string>

    <key>kTCCServiceMediaLibrary</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} MediaLibrary Usage</string>

    <key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} PhotoLibrary Usage</string>

    <key>NSRemindersUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} Reminder Usage</string>

    <key>NSSiriUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} Siri Usage</string>

    <key>NSSpeechRecognitionUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} Speech Recognition Usage</string>

    <key>NSVideoSubscriberAccountUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} Video Subscribe Usage</string>

iOS 11 and plus, If you want to add photo/image to your library then you must add this key

    <key>NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription</key>
    <string>${PRODUCT_NAME} library Usage</string>

Answer 3

You have to add this permission in Info.plist for iOS 10.

Photo :

Key       :  Privacy - Photo Library Usage Description    
Value   :  $(PRODUCT_NAME) photo use

Microphone :

Key        :  Privacy - Microphone Usage Description    
Value    :  $(PRODUCT_NAME) microphone use

Camera :

Key       :  Privacy - Camera Usage Description   
Value   :  $(PRODUCT_NAME) camera use