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 ## Automatic Permissions Behavior
 
-Automatic permissions behavior
+You can handle permissions yourself in whatever way you want, but if you make a call to `CameraView.start()` without the `android.permission.CAMERA` permission, an exception would normally be thrown and your app would crash.
+
+With CameraKit, we will automatically prompt for the `android.permission.CAMERA` permission if it's not available. If you want to handle it yourself, just make sure you dont call `CameraView.start()` until you acquire the permissions.
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+[Insert GIF]
 
 ## Dynamic Sizing Behavior