Android 11 and Storage-File

[ewpatton]

So the bad LegacyMode block is my fault. I marked the method as deprecated and the blocks editor handles this differently than it used to. I will need to write an upgrader to handle this correctly. In the meantime, you will want to replace the LegacyMode block with this:

[biesys]

It worked!!

Thank you,

Carlos

[patel]

I can confirm, my old apps continue to access to documents folder, but I can no longer modify or recompile them.
No solution to date?

[Nicola_Imperati]

Purtroppo..cmq io ho cercato di superare il problema..usando al posto di File..il caro e vecchio TinyDB.

[Taifun]

@patel

my old apps continue to access to documents folder, but I can no longer modify or recompile them.

try the SAF extension

SAF: App Inventor implementation of Storage Access Framework

1.Introduction Description: Basically AI2 wrapper of Storage Access Framework. Using this extension, you can get read and/or write access to a single document or tree document (and all of its children recursively). Latest Version: 1.3 Released: 2021-09-16T18:30:00Z (UTC) Last Updated: 2023-11-15T18:30:00Z (UTC) 2.Blocks [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] 3.Documentation Events ErrorOccurred Event indicating error/excep…

Taifun

[patel]

Can I list a subdir (Documents) created with filemanager in the asd of my application ?
/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/appinventor.ai_myname.appname/files/Documents

[Anke]

@patel

Can I list a subdir (Documents) created with filemanager in the asd of my application ?

Yes, but how about just trying this out for yourself before asking any questions here.
(Only two simple blocks are needed for this.)

[patel]

I have 2 buttons with text Documents and Download an 2 subfolders as above.
Attached my blocks

[Anke]

[patel]

Thank you, if I understand well my mistake is having created the subdir with filemanager

[Anke]

@patel

if I understand well my mistake is having created the subdir with filemanager

This shouldn't make a difference.

[patel]

I tried with these blocks, the documents folder was created, then i copied in that folder my documents, but the app does not run.

[Anke]

[Anke]

... or this:

[Anke]

... or this:

[patel]

Thank you very much Anke, your last suggestion is very simple.

[patel]

Now I would open the picked file, I tried 2 ways without success

[Anke]

@patel

open the picked file

[patel]

You solved all my problems, also my blocks for pdf run well