Testing the next release of MIT App Inventor (nb187)

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@Patryk_F

Should android10 also allow writing to shared folders without write permission?

yes...
therefore the permission should be defined like this

<uses-permission
  android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
  android:maxSdkVersion="28" />

see also @Anke's tests, for example this one

Release nb187: Copy a text file / image from assets to shared storage (→ Android 10+)

Here is a test app (→ Designer: DefaultFileScope = Shared) with which a text file and an image can be copied from the assets to the shared storage (for devices with Android ≥ 10). This works neither for the text file nor for the image (regardless of whether storage permission was granted beforehand): "Error 908: The permission WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE has been denied. Please enable ...". Note: With → Niotron the text file is copied to shared storage (without permission), but you need READ p…

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