Is request permission require for using PHPickerViewController & UIImagePickerController?

Question

I have some confusion about permission with using PHPickerViewController & UIImagePickerController.

Do I have to request permission for using it ? (Currently, I open it without request permission but It's working.)

Is it acceptable for upload to app store ? and if it acceptable when I have to request permission for photo?

Ps. I use PHPickerViewController for iOS14+ and UIImagePickerController for <iOS13. Thank you for every reply or answer.

Answer 1

First you need to know is, according to Apple's docs

The PHPickerViewController class is an alternative to UIImagePickerController. PHPickerViewController improves stability and reliability, and includes several benefits to developers and users

So both PHPickerViewController and UIImagePickerController are just the same with new upgrade.

As default, it runs in a separate process and on read-only access you don't need any special permissions for that.

And of course if you need some advance features, like retrieving assets and collections, or updating the library from your apps you must have permission for it.

You can read more from this link for permission to access some feature if need.

Answer 2

PHPicker provides a better privacy and does not require to ask for user consent so it can be used. Even though an app can trigger its presentation, the picker runs in a separate process where users can select only type of media necessary for their tasks, and do nothing beyond that; not even to get a snapshot of the picker. So, with PHPicker, simply forget about usage descriptions and rely on the built-in iOS privacy.

And if you want to explicitly allow user to select limited photos then you can implement it using the same.

Yes there is no problem to upload it to the app store.