PermissionsAndroid.request never resolves

Is this a bug report?

Yes

Have you read the Contributing Guidelines?

Yes.

Environment

Environment: OS: macOS Sierra 10.12.6 Node: 9.4.0 Yarn: 1.3.2 npm: 5.6.0 Watchman: 4.9.0 Xcode: Xcode 9.2 Build version 9C40b Android Studio: 3.0 AI-171.4443003

Packages: (wanted => installed) react: 16.2.0 => 16.2.0 react-native: 0.53.0 => 0.53.0

Edit: according to @MateRyze, it still happens on react-native 0.55.4.

Target Platform: Android 6.0.1

Steps to Reproduce

We have a Camera component and it should check for the Camera permission before mounting.

In my app’s AndroidManifest.xml I have the line, along with many other permissions:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>

In our component’s componentDidMount() we call a function that should return true if we have permission and false if we do not have, here is the relevant snippet of the function:

if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
const isGranted = await PermissionsAndroid.check(PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.CAMERA);
      if (isGranted) {
        return true;
      }
      try {
        console.log('before request');
        const granted = await PermissionsAndroid.request(
          PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.CAMERA,
          {
            title: 'Dialog Title',
            message: 'Dialog Message',
          }
        );
        console.log('after request');
        return granted === PermissionsAndroid.RESULTS.GRANTED;
      } catch (err) {
        console.log('error');
        console.log(err);
      }
}

Expected Behavior

A dialog with my title and message should appear, if the user clicks on “Allow”, the promise should resolve and my component should render as expected.

Actual Behavior

A dialog with a different message and title appears. I click on “Allow” and the promise is never resolved or rejected.

In my logs, only the “before request” log appears. Neitherconsole.log('after request') or console.log('error') is logged, so I presume the code is stuck in the await.

I am following this doc.

[react-native-bot]

Thanks for posting this! It looks like your issue may refer to an older version of React Native. Can you reproduce the issue on the latest release, v0.55?

Thank you for your contributions.

[kanekotic]

After debugging and trying a few cases. If the request is called with the rationale parameter as undefined the request permission works correctly. When the rationale object is provided permissions are not requested.