Permission denied (Android 13)

[alexbayker]

How can I use new Android filesystem permission, android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE , with this library? I always get an error "Permission to access filesystem denied", when i try to run FilePickerActivity

[Jolanrensen]

same on android 14

[alexbayker]

Fixed this bug in my own fork (not published yet)

[Jolanrensen]

@alexbayker But how? We gained new permissions: READ_MEDIA_IMAGES, READ_MEDIA_AUDIO etc. But the only way to be able to see any type of file is by making the app get MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission, like you said. However, this is heavily restricted by Google on the play store.

[Jolanrensen]

Same in my fork btw (is published now): https://github.com/Jolanrensen/NoNonsense-FilePicker/releases/tag/6.0.1
But still, I hope there's another way to at least be able to select all files. I don't need to manage them, just read them

[alexbayker]

Published my solution here: https://github.com/alexbayker/NoNonsense-FilePicker

[Jolanrensen]

Published my solution here: https://github.com/alexbayker/NoNonsense-FilePicker

Cool! Yours looks pretty similar to mine. I do wonder what will happen if I publish my non-file manager app with this new permission however :/ I think that Google (being Google) won't like it.

[Jolanrensen]

yup here we go

[alexbayker]

With my library or with yours? Or with both of them?

[alexbayker]

It's strange that the RootExplorer application has MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE and ACCESS_SUPERUSER permissions to access the storage and application was published in PlayStore

[Jolanrensen]

With my library or with yours? Or with both of them?

Doesn't matter. We need MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, and that's not allowed if the app is not a file explorer itself.