Android 12 bluetooth permission for react-native 0.62

Issue

According to https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth/permissions

There are need to grant permission manually to handle bluetooth for android 12 (API level > 30)

uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN"

uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT"

But according to https://reactnative.dev/docs/0.62/permissionsandroid

These two PermissionsAndroid in RN 0.62 are not available and only available for RN ^0.66 causing error permission is null.

Is there any solution to use these permission in RN 0.62?

Solution

There are one way to go around it....

1. Upgrade the target or compileSDK (don't remember exactly which one - but since you are already working with android 12, I'm assuming you've already set it to sdk 30), use a package like https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-permissions

Or....... Upgrade your entire app to latest react native version (I recently upgraded my two projects from react native 0.63 to latest and it was pure chaos and pain :) - nah just exaggerating, it feels so great to have your apps on latest version)

Answered By - dev404