Pleco Can't Access Image Gallery on S23

[bigfish]

I have enabled all available permissions but still cannot access the image gallery from within Pleco. I also can't share images with the app. I can use the 'select image file' option, but would prefer rto be able to access the image gallery. Any ideas?

 

[mikelove]

That's odd, it should put up a permission prompt before simply denying permission like this. What sort of error do you get when you share an image with Pleco?

 

[bigfish]

When I share an image with Pleco I get the below message.

 

[mikelove]

Hmm… I’m afraid in that case it’s probably some sort of bug specific to the S23; we don’t currently have one of those in our test pool since they’re so new, but once we get one we can try to reproduce and fix it. (Or perhaps this problem will show up in a firmware update to some other phone we already do have)

I assume there isn’t any general option in the system settings to allow apps freer access to the photo library? Or to use Google’s photo library instead of Samsung’s?

 

[Lyra Quelene]

Hi, I found the exact problem with my samsung galaxy z fold 4 here. Are there any solution yet?
Thanks in advance

 

[mikelove]

It occurs to me that this might relate to a recent file permission change we had to make in order to comply with Google Play review guidelines. So maybe try reverting to an older version of Pleco? Here's a download link for an APK:

http://azcdn.pleco.com/androidapps/plecodroid-211028-website.apk

That dates from before we made that change and still asks for the permission we're no longer allowed to ask for.

 

[mikelove]

Update: we have a fix for this in public beta testing, you can go to https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pleco.chinesesystem to sign up for beta access.