any way to make Snapchat think it has camera permission?
Alot of my friends use Snapchat for messaging but it's really annoying needing to laggily enable the camera every time the app opens. Anyone know a way to make it think it has the camera on but not actually or something? (if you just revoke the camera permission it stops you from using the app entirely)
Several of my family members quit Signal after they got rid of SMS, I understand the logic behind the change but now I only have a couple of people that still use it.
If you're on Android 12 or higher with a supported device, you could disable camera access with a quick settings toggle. If the camera is disabled, any app using the camera just gets a black image. (It does cause a popup asking if you want to unblock the camera, but you can just hit cancel.)
Unfortunately it looks like all permission spoofing I saw required root. If you do happen to be rooted I saw that appopps on the play store probably works.
It would be a very useful feature to add to default android.
In developer options on youransdroid phone there is a setting you can enable that will add a quick setting tile that toggles on and off the sensors in your phone. It also includes rhe microphone and camera. It's great for something like this.
Unfortunately, what you are asking can really only be done on a rooted device and, to my knowledge, Snapchat has root detection which will prevent it from working. There are potentially some 3rd party apps you could use, but those run the risk of deactivating your account
I just tried revoking the camera permission on my Snapchat app. There's a nag to re-enable it on the main screen, but the navbar at the bottom still lets me access my chats and view snaps from friends.
Is it not the same for you? I'm running version 12.38.0.45 on Android 10.
Wow I feel silly now. Looks like my app wasn't fully updated and in the most recent version they don't block you from everything when the permissions disabled lol. Thanks!