breautek commented on issue #586: URL: https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file/issues/586#issuecomment-3954973709
Android 10 (API 29) completely blocks external storage access from File APIs. This is not something Cordova can resolve and that restriction makes the File plugin unusable for external storage access. This is noted [here](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file?tab=readme-ov-file#androids-external-storage-quirks) now. In Android 11 (API 30), Android fixed this issue in a limited fashion. The downloads directory is not accessible, but media folders are. You'll need `READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`, or the finer `READ_MEDIA_*` permissions for API 33+. But in order to properly support external storage access on Android 10, you need to use a plugin that interfaces with the MediaStore APIs instead, which would be the current recommendation if you operate on external storage for both stability and performance. There are no plans to integrate the file plugin with the native MediaStore APIs because the MediaStore APIs are not "filesystem-like" whatsoever. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
