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SlashAndBurn
Inspiring
April 9, 2023

Android 12, All files access

Ok, so with the new android upgrade, accessing you stored files is a nightmare.

  • Files copied over via USB cord are not showing, MP4, JPG, GIF
  • Files downloaded via the Browser are not appearing in downloads
    • If my app writes the file to downloads, it appears

I've been trying to get android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE to work, but it's not working, app crashes when requesting it.  My app is a file manager, so... it needs file access.

    2 replies

    RageFPV
    New Participant
    April 12, 2023

    I have this issue as well. 

    I was trying to get data in and out of /Android/Data Even using windows explorer i can read the folders contents but can no longer do any write actions. Chat support told me to do a factory reset. I suspect this isnt going to fix the folder access permissions, but it hopefully will delete the data that using up all my space that i can no longer do anything with. Quite frustrating!

    SlashAndBurnAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 12, 2023

    If windows explorer can't even see into the /Android/Data, then we will have a lot of Problems, games like Quest Craft, Ragnarock, Pavlov will have issues, unless they build mod-support inside themselves. 

    Ragnarock Concerns

    Now Ragnarock, I can't see them building in a mod browser because of copyright concerns.  So they would need a new place to write files, like /Documents/Mods/Ragnarock, but... it seems like if one app writes a file it's not visible to another.  Even files written via usb are for a different app.

    Bonelab concerns
    In order to get repositories working you need to edit a text file in android/data.  And no nexus mods, no uploading custom things.

    Blade & Sorcery: Nomad

    No nexus mods, no uploading custom things.

     

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