Microsoft Planner for Android help

If your organization uses Microsoft Planner, you can keep up with your plans on-the-go with Planner for Android. You'll need an eligible Microsoft 365 work or school account to use the Planner for Android app; you can't use it with Microsoft 365 Personal accounts (for example: name@outlook.com or name@hotmail.com).

In Planner for Android, you can do most of the things you can do in Planner for web, with a slightly different look and feel. There are a few things you can currently only do in the browser, and one thing you can only do from your device: add photos using your device's camera.

What can I do with Planner for Android?

Action	Planner for web	Planner for Android
Delete a plan	Yes See Delete a task or plan.	No You need to use Planner for web to delete a plan.
Add a photo by taking it with your device's camera	No	Yes See Add a photo using your device's camera.
All other features	Yes See Microsoft Planner help for details.	Yes

Add a photo using your device's camera

In Planner for Android, you can seamlessly attach a photo to a task using your device's camera.

1. In Planner for Android, in one of your plans, tap a task.
2. Tap Add attachments.
3. In the lower right corner of your screen, tap the plus sign (⁠+⁠).
4. Tap Add image from camera.
5. Take a photo and, if you want to use it, tap Ok. Otherwise, tap Retry.
   Your photo now appears in your list of Attachments. Tap the back arrow to see this photo on your task card. The first photo added appears on your task card, but you can change this on the Attachments page by tapping the ellipses on a photo and then tapping Show on card or Don't show on card.

Why does Planner for Android need my permissions?

Here's a full list of the permissions you'll be asked for in Planner for Android, and how they are used in the app.

Permission	Use	Applies to these operating systems	Required or optional?
Read phone status and identity	Allows us to identify when the phone is in Airplane Mode with no Internet connection enabled so we can let you know the app won't work without Internet access.	Android 5.x and later	Required
Modify or delete the contents of your USB storage or Write/delete internal storage	Allows us to write Planner for Android app information to a local cache on the device, improving app performance and decreasing load times.	Android 5.x and later	Required
Full network access or Have full network access	Allows the Planner for Android app to communicate with the Planner web service to facilitate user actions.	Android 5.x and later	Required
View network connections	Allows us to identify when the phone is offline so we can let you know the app won't work without Internet access.	Android 5.x and later	Required
Test access to protected storage	Allows the Planner for Android app to verify that it has access to data storage before using it.	Android 5.x and later	Required
Read the contents of your SD card/internal storage/USB storage	Allows the Planner for Android app to read the cached app information we stored on the device.	Android 5.x and later	Required
Phone	You can disable this permission without the app malfunctioning.	Android 6.x and later	Optional
Storage	You can disable this permission without the app malfunctioning.	Android 6.x Android 7.x	Optional
Camera	This must be enabled to add a photo using your device's camera.	Android 6.x and later	Optional

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