Android Question How to disable camera in Android 11?

[noeleon]

Starting in Android 11 the cameras can no longer be disabled by admin apps. Is there another way to do it?

 

[Erel]

Starting in Android 11 the cameras can no longer be disabled by admin apps.

More information please. Is this a documented change?

 

[noeleon]

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/admin/DevicePolicyManager

The calling device admin must have requested DeviceAdminInfo#USES_POLICY_DISABLE_CAMERA to be able to call this method; if it has not, a security exception will be thrown.

Note, this policy type is deprecated for legacy device admins since Build.VERSION_CODES.Q. On Android Build.VERSION_CODES.Q devices, legacy device admins targeting SDK version Build.VERSION_CODES.P or below can still call this API to disable camera, while legacy device admins targeting SDK version Build.VERSION_CODES.Q will receive a SecurityException. Starting from Android Build.VERSION_CODES.R, requests to disable camera from legacy device admins targeting SDK version Build.VERSION_CODES.P or below will be silently ignored.

 

[Erel]

Device admin deprecation | Android Enterprise | Google for Developers

developers.google.com

It looks like there is no alternative way to disable the cameras.