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

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[UPDATED privacy keys list to iOS 13 – see below]

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 (iOS 6, iOS 7), but since iOS 10 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:
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Alternatively, you can open Info.plist as source code:
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And add privacy keys like this:

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

List of all privacy keys: [UPDATED to iOS 13]

NFCReaderUsageDescription
NSAppleMusicUsageDescription
NSBluetoothAlwaysUsageDescription
NSBluetoothPeripheralUsageDescription
NSCalendarsUsageDescription
NSCameraUsageDescription
NSContactsUsageDescription
NSFaceIDUsageDescription
NSHealthShareUsageDescription
NSHealthUpdateUsageDescription
NSHomeKitUsageDescription
NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription
NSLocationUsageDescription
NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription
NSMicrophoneUsageDescription
NSMotionUsageDescription
NSPhotoLibraryAddUsageDescription
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.

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