Permission Denial: opening provider com.android.providers.contact.Contacts Provider2 from ProcessRecord.....

[faisalbasha1982]

Hi, I have Permission Denial error and it suggests me to add, android.permission.READ_CONTACTS or WRITE_CONTACTS into androidManifest.xml file. Even after adding those permissions in the androidManifest file, I am getting the same permission Denial error. Please help.

[pbthakre]

same issue.

[faisalbasha1982]

Issue is solved by setting the permissions on the android phone manually via settings page. This is I heard should be manually enabled for debug-app.apk and not for the release mode apk.

[faisalbasha1982]

same issue.

Issue is solved by setting the permissions on the android phone manually via settings page. This is I heard should be manually enabled for debug-app.apk and not for the release mode apk.

[pbthakre]

same issue.

Issue is solved by setting the permissions on the android phone manually via settings page. This is I heard should be manually enabled for debug-app.apk and not for the release mode apk.

yes I also resolved it doing same.

[iamvignesht]

I also had the same issue. For Release mode apk also doesn't work. I have to manually set the permission to access the contacts since app does not show access permission popup. Please help me!

[ekoooo]

HI, you can use react-native-permissions check and request contacts permission first. then it is normal.

[HowardTangOvO]

On android you must request permissions beforehand

import { PermissionsAndroid } from 'react-native';
import Contacts from 'react-native-contacts';

PermissionsAndroid.request(
  PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.READ_CONTACTS,
  {
    'title': 'Contacts',
    'message': 'This app would like to view your contacts.'
  }
).then(() => {
   // do something in this 
})

see https://github.com/rt2zz/react-native-contacts

[aashirMIQ]

On android you must request permissions beforehand

import { PermissionsAndroid } from 'react-native';
import Contacts from 'react-native-contacts';

PermissionsAndroid.request(
  PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.READ_CONTACTS,
  {
    'title': 'Contacts',
    'message': 'This app would like to view your contacts.'
  }
).then(() => {
   // do something in this 
})

see https://github.com/rt2zz/react-native-contacts

Great man but on deny the permission alert my app getting crash, do you know how can I resolve this issue.

[nihp]

aashirMIQ Same issue. Did you have any solution for this?

[ShaoGongBra]

auth() {
    return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
      if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
        try {
          const granted = await PermissionsAndroid.request(
            PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.READ_CONTACTS,
            {
              title: '选择您的联系人',
              message: '授权访问您的联系人信息',
              buttonNeutral: "授权访问",
              buttonNegative: "拒绝",
              buttonPositive: "确定"
            }
          )
          if (granted === PermissionsAndroid.RESULTS.GRANTED) {
            resolve()
          } else {
            toast('您已拒绝了通讯录的访问权限，请前往设置打开')
            reject()
          }
        } catch (error) {
          toast('权限获取失败')
          reject()
        }
      } else {
        resolve()
      }
    })
  }

通过这样的方法判断使用权限

[umair-dpl]

I am having the same issue. is there anyone who knows how to fix this issue ?

[umair-dpl]

auth() {
    return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
      if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
        try {
          const granted = await PermissionsAndroid.request(
            PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.READ_CONTACTS,
            {
              title: '选择您的联系人',
              message: '授权访问您的联系人信息',
              buttonNeutral: "授权访问",
              buttonNegative: "拒绝",
              buttonPositive: "确定"
            }
          )
          if (granted === PermissionsAndroid.RESULTS.GRANTED) {
            resolve()
          } else {
            toast('您已拒绝了通讯录的访问权限，请前往设置打开')
            reject()
          }
        } catch (error) {
          toast('权限获取失败')
          reject()
        }
      } else {
        resolve()
      }
    })
  }

通过这样的方法判断使用权限

is it worth trying ? can you type it in English ?

[ShaoGongBra]

auth() {
    return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
      if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
        try {
          const granted = await PermissionsAndroid.request(
            PermissionsAndroid.PERMISSIONS.READ_CONTACTS,
            {
              title: 'Choose your contact',
              message: 'Authorize access to your contact information',
              buttonNeutral: "Authorized access",
              buttonNegative: "Refuse",
              buttonPositive: "agree"
            }
          )
          if (granted === PermissionsAndroid.RESULTS.GRANTED) {
            resolve()
          } else {
            toast('You have denied access to the address book, please go to settings to open')
            reject()
          }
        } catch (error) {
          toast('Permission acquisition failed')
          reject()
        }
      } else {
        resolve()
      }
    })
  }

[idanlevi1]

@faisalbasha1982 If you just need to pick a single contact, react-native-pick-contact uses ActivityResultContracts.PickContact() on Android — no READ_CONTACTS / WRITE_CONTACTS manifest permission needed for the picker flow. The OS grants a temporary scoped URI for the selected contact only.

Built for New Architecture (TurboModule + codegen), RN 0.76+. Minimal: pickContact() → { name, phone }.