Please help reading file

[Anke]

@PeterO

What I don't understand is whether these FileTools functions will still work on external memory for phones that use Android 11 as it doesn't allow File read and write operations to external memory only to Application Specific Directories?

As I have already noted elsewhere, files can still be stored in the external storage and read from it (on Android 10 & 11), if you do the latter with the EFile extension.
This will work until AI2 targets API 30 or higher.

See also here (and read the full thread):

Problem with July 30 2020 Version: nb184 no longer able to write and read files

No, it is written to the app-specific directory (ASD): Companion: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/edu.mit.appinventor.aicompanion3/files compiled app (APK): /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/<packageName>/files Cause: The file component (for API level ≥ 29) adds the ASD path to the beginning of each path that you declare. If I save a text in the ASD [grafik] this path is returned (but doesn't exist and cannot be created): /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/edu.mit.appinventor.aico…