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What happens when you click "deny" that permission request?
Also why would it have a launcher icon? It has no options. I have a few applications like that. GalleryCam being one.
Just reduce the photo size in your camera settings or use an app such as GalleryCam to choose an existing picture from your gallery and skip the rendering process that closes the game due to the lack of memory.
Use this Fake Camera App, it is from one of the iitc guys: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.fkloft.gallerycam
Wouldn't think you'd need root for this, something like this perhaps? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.fkloft.gallerycam