Some basics on Android storage system

bodymindpower · June 20, 2020, 12:47pm

For more details see here:

vknow360 · June 20, 2020, 1:29pm

It is only accessible to apps and you can’t view it unless you root your device.

Except internal storage other storage(either phone storage or sdCard) spaces fall in this category.
There are two types of it:

Primary External Storage :- It is the phone storage.
Secondary External Storage :- It is the sdCard.

devanshvinayak9 · June 20, 2020, 1:45pm

And what about the otg…

vknow360 · June 20, 2020, 1:55pm

OTG also come in Secondary External Storage category but is managed by USB Manager.

AI_Developer · June 20, 2020, 2:01pm

If supose we direct the app to download a file ,so by default it gets stored in the phone storage.[ By using this directory file:///storage/emulated/0/ …]
But if the phone storage is full will the app automatically detect and change its directory to External SD Card or we have to manually write the blocks for that ??

bodymindpower · June 20, 2020, 2:14pm

See here:

AI_Developer · June 20, 2020, 2:19pm

Oh I see,
So we have to do it manually ?

bodymindpower · June 20, 2020, 2:43pm

Yes, before you can access the removable SD card, you first have to get the path.

devanshvinayak9 · June 20, 2020, 3:53pm

ok thx! ! !

bodymindpower · December 2, 2020, 10:38am

Note: I just updated this guide.

bodymindpower · December 6, 2020, 11:09am

I couldn’t do it myself , but @Peter made this topic a → Wiki.

Hmmm · April 9, 2021, 8:27am

How can I download files to this directory.

Boban · April 9, 2021, 2:13pm

15 posts were split to a new topic: How to secure download files?

bodymindpower · April 9, 2021, 9:15am

As far as I know, that is not possible. Only the File component can write in this dir.

vknow360 · April 9, 2021, 12:21pm

Maybe he can download files in asd and copy them to private dir.

Hmmm · April 10, 2021, 4:51am

Thanks all for good support, I am happy with App-Specific Directory.
I used this extension, https://community.kodular.io/t/extension-to-download-file-s-to-asd-app-specific-directory-without-write-permission/96891/
Thank you so much for this extension also.

bodymindpower · August 29, 2021, 10:17am

I’ve added a full overview of the Android storage system - Scoped / Shared Storage (targetSdk=30, Aug 2021) - at the end of my guide.

Didyme_Apps · August 29, 2021, 12:13pm

Please, can anyone add in a guide some examples of code to save and read the files In mobiles with sdk 29 and 30 in a conditional way?

bodymindpower · August 29, 2021, 12:44pm

This doesn’t make sense at the moment as long as the targetSdk = 30 update has not been released. The file system has been completely changed in AI2 after “Scoped Storage” is mandatory from Aug 2021. And there are still a number of (serious) problems and bugs with AI2 (and Niotron as well).

That might also be why Kodular is waiting for the MIT team’s bug fixes, before releasing the targetSdk=30 update. And that’s a good decision in my opinion. Otherwise the confusion and the number of error / bug reports would get out of hand.

Didyme_Apps · August 29, 2021, 12:50pm

Thanks, @bodymindpower . Then, We will wait.