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@Anke

It is not possible to read a text file (non-media file) from the external storage (at least not on Android 11), that is not created by the app itself.

theoretically it would be possible using the Storage Access Framework...
however up to now we did not get any feedback from @ewpatton, if this feature is on the to do list of the MIT App Inventor team... this is a friendly reminder, so that this topic does not get forgotten...
see also

PathFromUri function works on AI Companion, But not when building .apk

this not really is a solution, because usually apps, which use that permission are rejected by Google, see here, there are a few exceptions... we still want to be able to access files, which have been provided by other apps in the shared directories... it looks like it is not possible anymore in App Inventor now starting with the new SDK30 release? However theoretically it is possible to still access these files.... see here Cómo abrir archivos con el framework de acceso al almacenamiento  |  …

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