5.2.1

• Check in both Manifest and permissions groups to determine if a permission is available.

5.2.0

• Add tvOS compatibility (closes #906)

5.1.0

• Add canScheduleExactAlarms to check Android SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM (closes #795)
• Add an optional type argument to openSettings, allowing you to open application (the default), alarms or notifications settings

5.0.2

• Fix a regression introduced in v5.0.0 for PERMISSIONS.IOS.FACE_ID (#903)

5.0.1

• Fix running expo prebuild after manual Podfile modifications

5.0.0

⚠️ This version requires Xcode 16 and drops support for iOS < 13.4, Android < 6.0, and React Native < 0.73.

What's changed

• Added LIMITED contacts permission status (on iOS 18+) (#882 by @changey)
• Migrated the Android codebase to Kotlin
• Proper support for iOS calendar permission escalation (fixes #889)

What's new

• Enabled location permission escalation on iOS (closes #716) – This feature was sponsored by Driversnote.com. Thank you! 🙌
• Added support for Android private / signature permissions (fixes #887)
• requestNotifications now accept a rationale argument
• Introduced a new unified diagram to simplify understanding of the permission request flow:

4.1.5

• Use Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT version provided by RNW by @tido64 in #860
• Add Apple privacy manifest & usage descriptions for UserDefaults by @johnhatvani in #861

4.1.4

• Improve new architecture code (#850)

4.1.3

• Switch to Objective-C++ (#849)

4.1.2

• Replace deprecated microphone API on iOS >= 17 (#846)