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Solution: How to access Android/data or Android/obb folders in Android 11+ No root
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| <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/> | |
| <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/> | |
| <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/> | |
| <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES"/> | |
| <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES"/> |
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| //Call anywhere in your main code | |
| if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT>= Build.VERSION_CODES.R){ | |
| requestAllFilesPermission() | |
| requestDocumentPermission("data") | |
| requestDocumentPermission("obb") | |
| } | |
| @RequiresApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.R) | |
| private fun requestAllFilesPermission(){ | |
| val intent = Intent(Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_APP_ALL_FILES_ACCESS_PERMISSION) | |
| intent.addCategory("android.intent.category.DEFAULT") | |
| intent.data = Uri.fromParts("package",packageName,null) | |
| startActivity(intent) | |
| } | |
| @RequiresApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) | |
| private fun requestDocumentPermission(folder: String) { | |
| val storageManager = application.getSystemService(Context.STORAGE_SERVICE) as StorageManager | |
| val intent = storageManager.primaryStorageVolume.createOpenDocumentTreeIntent() | |
| val targetDirectory = "Android%2F$folder" // add your directory to be selected by the user | |
| var uri = intent.getParcelableExtra<Uri>("android.provider.extra.INITIAL_URI") as Uri | |
| var scheme = uri.toString() | |
| scheme = scheme.replace("/root/", "/document/") | |
| scheme += "%3A$targetDirectory" | |
| uri = Uri.parse(scheme) | |
| intent.putExtra("android.provider.extra.INITIAL_URI", uri) | |
| startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CODE) | |
| } | |
| override fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int, data: Intent?) { | |
| super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data) | |
| if (resultCode == RESULT_OK && requestCode == REQUEST_CODE) { | |
| if (data != null) { | |
| data.data?.let { treeUri -> | |
| // treeUri is the Uri of the file | |
| // if life long access is required the takePersistableUriPermission() is used | |
| contentResolver.takePersistableUriPermission( | |
| treeUri, | |
| Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION or | |
| Intent.FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION | |
| ) | |
| readSDK30(treeUri) | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| private fun readSDK30(treeUri: Uri) { | |
| val tree = DocumentFile.fromTreeUri(this, treeUri)!! | |
| val uriList = arrayListOf<Uri>() | |
| listFiles(tree).forEach { uri -> | |
| uriList.add(uri) | |
| Log.i("Uri Log:",uri.toString()) | |
| // Collect all the Uri from here | |
| } | |
| } | |
| private fun listFiles(folder: DocumentFile): List<Uri> { | |
| return if (folder.isDirectory) { | |
| folder.listFiles().mapNotNull { file -> | |
| if (file.name != null) file.uri else null | |
| } | |
| } else { | |
| emptyList() | |
| } | |
| } | |
| // For more access to documents visit here: https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage/shared/documents-files#examine-metadata |
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