How to read a pdf file from ASD with Activity Starter?

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@mmnettime

This has worked for me even on Android 11:

You might want to read again here

Some basics on Android storage system

From an Android point of view there are an → Internal Storage and an → External Storage. 1. Internal Storage The Internal Storage can only be accessed with a rooted device. 1.1 The app package is saved in /data/data/<packageName>/ 1.2. The Private directory is /data/user/0/<packageName>/files/ This private directory can be used with the File component to save / read text (setting the path without a slash). It can only be accessed by your app and is automatically removed when the app is un…

that the ASD is only accessible by your own app, but not for other apps like pdf readers

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