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Storage permission issues with Ionic/Angular Android App

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_alnes_
31 Mar, 2025, 11:09

Hello,

I use Ionic/Angular with Appwrite to run a PWA.

I use Appwrite Auth, Database, Function and Storage, and everything runs fine.

If I build an Android app with Ionic, all Appwrite services (Auth, Databse and Function) work except for the storage. Storage is: user:read permission. I want to display images from the storage in the user area (via Ionic Components or Html tags). I can't get it to work in android -> Unless I set the permissions in the storage to any:read.

The app probably runs in the native android app in the webview on a localhost. (I have a wildcard hostname in Appwrite). This is also shown by the natural message from Appwrite regarding locim copycat from android.
Will this be a Cors problem ?

If I set the capacitor server url directly to my webapp, everything works again, but I lose the advantages of the Android Native App (because then I only have a webview on a website).

Any ideas to help me with that ?

Best regards Matthias

TL;DR
Developers facing storage permission issues with Ionic/Angular Android app using Appwrite services. All services are working except for storage which requires 'user:read' permission. To display images, permissions need to be set to 'any:read'. Possible CORS issue due to app running in webview on localhost with wildcard hostname. Setting capacitor server URL directly to webapp solves issue but loses Android Native App advantages. Solution: Check and adjust CORS settings and consider alternatives for displaying images.
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