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Saving files in Android 11 to external storage(SDK 30)

I am writing a new Application on Android 11 (SDK Version 30) and I simply cannot find an example on how to save a file to the external storage.

I read their documentation and now know that they basicly ignore Manifest Permissions (READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE and WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE). They also ignore the android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true" in the manifest.xml application tag.

In their documentation https://developer.android.com/about/versions/11/privacy/storage they write you need to enable the DEFAULT_SCOPED_STORAGE and FORCE_ENABLE_SCOPED_STORAGE flags to enable scoped storage in your app.

Where do I have to enable those? And when I've done that how and when do I get the actual permission to write to the external storage? Can someone provide working code?
I want to save .gif, .png and .mp3 files. So I don't want to write to the gallery.

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • You can save files to the public directories on external storage.

    Like Documents, Download, DCIM, Pictures and so on.

    In the usual way like before version 10.