Android Question 2024 way to share files between apps (shared folder)

If the app will not be in the playstore, then you don't need to set the TargetSDK to something recent that will cause all the restriction headaches you are seeing in other threads. You should be able to set it to like 27, which will allow your app to do a lot of things with few restrictions, including being able to access the root directory.

Depending on exactly how you will do things, you may need to use the FileProvider class to share a directory:

Here is the thread that shows the different restrictions for each targetSDK level:

JohnC said:

then you don't need to set the TargetSDK to something recent

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Even if the running Android is recent?
Dies this have any impact on other features?

The only restriction that I know of that depends on the version of android running on the device is that if your device is running android 14+, you will not be able to install apps with a target SDK of 22 or lower (android 6) without doing some ADB commands:

https://droidwin.com/how-to-install-android-6-or-older-apks-on-android-14/

I don't know all the functions your app will use, so I don't know exactly what else will be effected.