Android Question The folder "Android/data" is no longer visible from Android-12.

[Filippo]

Hi,

I have just noticed that with the function "ContentChooser" the folder "Android/data" is no longer visible and therefore no longer selectable.
Is this normal, or is there something you can set?
Or is it simply a new Android limitation?

Android-10:

Android-12:

Android-13:

 

[Sagenut]

It's a new limitation.
Only the Apps can access their own directory.

 

[Filippo]

It's a new limitation.
Only the Apps can access their own directory.

Then it is practically like the folder File.DirInternal, where is not visible.
Android is getting funnier and funnier.

 

[Sagenut]

If you need to access files created by your app from external you should copy these files to an accessible area with
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...list-of-other-related-methods.129897/#content

 

[agraham]

You can still access Androd/data and Android/obb using External Storage, which is what any file explorer from the store that can see these folders will be using.. It's probably a bug in Android that allows it so it may be closed in the future.

£50 for the first working solution. SDK30 Android/data read/write

No! As I said above. Sorry your being very cryptic! LOL (I can see this is also a security issue, so maybe that is part of the cryptic messages) I will play more with your original manage-external-storage-access-internal-external-storage-sdk-30 and see how i get on... I hear what your saying...

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You can access the rest of the file store using a new permission that Google will not allow for most Play Store apps. File explorers from the store that can access all the file store will be using this.

Manage External Storage - access internal external storage >= SDK 30

Google seems intent on dumbing down Android to the point of uselessnes to me. I think of my devices as little computers and I want a proper file system on them, not the limited tortuous things that Google offers and that I don't understand, ContentChooser, FileProvider, ... o_O I'm getting old...

www.b4x.com

 

[Erel]

Then it is practically like the folder File.DirInternal, where is not visible.

True. This is why I created the flow chart that helps developers with choosing the best folder to use: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/flow-chart-to-help-choose-folder.132787/#content

 

[Filippo]

Hi guys,

Not that I have a problem with this limitation, I just happened to notice it today and wondered.

But if Google keeps this up, I'm going to like Apple more and more.

 

[Erel]

But if Google keeps this up, I'm going to like Apple more and more

iOS has a much simpler and more "sane" design than Android. In the old days Android gave developers much more power but these days it is mostly restricted as iOS with an extra payload of special features that are difficult to use correctly.

You can see B4XPages as an example. One of its most important features is that it hosts all pages in a single activity instead of using a different activity for each page (and paying the price of the requirement to deal with the activities super complex life cycle).