As stated in https://developer.android.com/preview/privacy/package-visibility: Android 11 changes how apps can query and interact with other apps that the user has installed on a device. Using the new element, apps can define the set of other apps that they can access. This element helps encourage the principle of least privilege by telling the system which other … Read more
After asking a question on issuetracker, I’ve come to the following conclusions: On Android R, the File restrictions that were added in Android Q is removed. So we can once again access File objects. If you are targeting Android 10 > and you want to access/use file paths, you will have to add/keep the following … Read more
We will manupilate INITIAL_URI obtained from StorageManager..getPrimaryStorageVolume().createOpenDocumentTreeIntent(). if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) { StorageManager sm = (StorageManager) context.getSystemService(Context.STORAGE_SERVICE); Intent intent = sm.getPrimaryStorageVolume().createOpenDocumentTreeIntent(); //String startDir = “Android”; //String startDir = “Download”; // Not choosable on an Android 11 device //String startDir = “DCIM”; //String startDir = “DCIM/Camera”; // replace “/”, “%2F” //String startDir = “DCIM%2FCamera”; String startDir … Read more
I Think I Have An Answer? The more I read about this – it appears that Android 10 went one way, and then Android 11 back tracks it a little and re-enables some of the direct file path access. Hopefully I’m right on this and won’t have to come back and re-do things again down … Read more
But now when I targetSdkVersion 30, this no longer seems to work That is correct. Android 11 (API 30+) requestLegacyExternalStorage=true does nothing and you can no longer “opt-out”. It was available in Android 10 to give developers a transition/grace period to be able to migrate to the scoped storage model. Option 1: Migrate data in … Read more
This appears to be due to the new restrictions on “package visibility” introduced in Android 11. Basically, starting with API level 30, if you’re targeting that version or higher, your app cannot see, or directly interact with, most external packages without explicitly requesting allowance, either through a blanket QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission, or by including an appropriate … Read more