If you haven't switched from the AOSP Gallery app, I highly suggest doing so

missing-root

I use Fossify Gallery too. This Gallery is nice too and maybe more modern? Aves is also nice.

We have choice!

grapheine

I started using Google Photos with no network access and now I'm using that as well as Ente photos.

Carlos-Anso

xxx You can disable it for sure. Doesn't break things.

The bundled Gallery app provides functionality by responding to various intents that other apps may call. The Compatibility Test Suite includes checks that these intents are handled. Every stock Android OS will handle them.

Most alternative Gallery apps lack the ability to handle all these intents so it may be you have other apps that have broken functionality if you disable the bundled Gallery.

Not sure I have ever seen an app send an intent to view https content in Gallery. That may well be the only reason Gallery has network permission. But there is some chance that some 3rd party app relies upon that for some critical functionality.

It is possible to look at the manifest for an app to see details of all intents it can handle.

Viewpoint0232

Carlos-Anso

I would be curious to see an example of what could break. I disabled the bundled Gallery app from day 1 (replaced with Fossify) and have never encountered any errors. (Not saying it can't happen.)

xxx

Viewpoint0232 I would be curious to see an example of what could break.

So do I.

Carlos-Anso

Viewpoint0232 @xxx
I mentioned one example already. Its possible for an app to send a VIEW intent for an image which is to be fetched via http or https. Bundled Gallery app will handle this. Fossify Gallery will not.

Another example is Aves gallery not handling any EDIT intents.

Aves will however send an EDIT intent if you try to edit an image. The bundled Gallery app is able to handle that intent.

pml

Carlos-Anso Aves will however send an EDIT intent if you try to edit an image. The bundled Gallery app is able to handle that intent.

I feel the Markup app available from the GrapheneOS App Store should really be used regardless if you have the stock Gallery or not

xxx

Carlos-Anso Its possible for an app to send a VIEW intent for an image which is to be fetched via http or https. Bundled Gallery app will handle this.

Don' t know if this really breaks things. But good to know.

missing-root

pml the app is proprietary and very basic. Fossify Gallery, Image Toolbox and "New Gallery" all have the same functionality afaik.

Maybe in a Tablet it works better than the others

Carlos-Anso

xxx
It may not really matter but also could be a problem if an app is trying to show you an image that you need to see for some reason and you cant see it and depending on the context maybe dont even know it was trying to show you something.

pml

missing-root fair criticism. I was just putting it out there as an option

xxx

Carlos-Anso also could be a problem if an app is trying to show you an image that you need to see for some reason and you cant see it and depending on the context maybe dont even know it was trying to show you something.

That's right. I personally would take the risk but on the other hand I'm fine with this stock gallery. I need no fancy stuff.

lorarzi42

treenutz68 Yes, I've been using the Gallery app on F-droid that was recommended by another user on here in another thread.

lorarzi42

yellow-leaves Yeah I should have been backing them up more often. I do backups from my phone far more often now, especially since I found out my Linux laptop doesn't experience weird random MTP USB file transfer issues unlike every PC and laptop with Windows I've tried using MTP USB file transfer on.

DeletedUser370

lorarzi42 I then held down on the first icon (which I thought was the video I wanted to delete) and pressed delete and confirmed it.

If I'm not very much mistaken, this recent commit is removing that button: https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_packages_apps_Gallery2/commit/7b3fb7327289978e099ccd32e8e5c797b321fe43

xxx

No need to switch anymore:
https://grapheneos.org/releases#2024120400

'Gallery: remove the Delete option for items that represent multiple images since the UI is badly designed and makes it too easy to accidentally delete images, ...'

missing-root

Btw the old AOSP gallerie's "share" feature does not open the normal Android share popup. This makes it useless when sharing between private space, work profile and owner

xxx

missing-root
I' m a single user. :-)

AccJustForThat

Thank you for degrading of software that has ever worked well. Instead of backup data or look before clicking. We simply remove a very common basic function.

2025 can come.

DeletedUser69

AccJustForThat simple answer to your prickly comments is disable it, don't use it. Obtain another gallery app and complain later, or rather don't. There are other more pressing issues to address like memory tagging errors in ProtonVPN.

Ammako

DeletedUser69 There are other more pressing issues to address like memory tagging errors in ProtonVPN.

That isn't GrapheneOS's responsibility to fix...