From d25bb1e2a1f81cf6eb072473924e053ea6e4f60c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jo=C3=A3o=20Bragan=C3=A7a?=
 <495495+thefringeninja@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 09:37:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix incorrect READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission check in
 android api >=33

---
 .../Platform/Storage/AndroidStorageProvider.cs            | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/Platform/Storage/AndroidStorageProvider.cs b/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/Platform/Storage/AndroidStorageProvider.cs
index 54d6afad43..80d850c703 100644
--- a/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/Platform/Storage/AndroidStorageProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Android/Avalonia.Android/Platform/Storage/AndroidStorageProvider.cs
@@ -291,8 +291,12 @@ internal class AndroidStorageProvider : IStorageProvider
                 ActivityFlags.GrantReadUriPermission)
                 == global::Android.Content.PM.Permission.Granted;
 
-            // TODO: call RequestPermission or add proper permissions API, something like in Browser File API.
-            hasPerms = hasPerms || await _activity.CheckPermission(Manifest.Permission.ReadExternalStorage);
+            // https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
+            if (!OperatingSystem.IsAndroidVersionAtLeast(33))
+            {
+                // TODO: call RequestPermission or add proper permissions API, something like in Browser File API.
+                hasPerms = hasPerms || await _activity.CheckPermission(Manifest.Permission.ReadExternalStorage);
+            }
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {