Solution 1 :
You have two options.
Use Storage Acces Framework to let the user choose the Download directory .
Use MediaStore to insert file to Download directory.
Problem :
It seems that getExternalStoragePublicDirectory() is now deprecated, so I need an alternative.
Say I have file the foo.png in my app’s internal storage. I can easily access this file with
val foo = File(context.filesDir, "foo.png")
My problem is that I want to move this file to the user’s Downloads directory, so that they can see it on their phone.
This answer uses DownloadManager. Unfortunately this is an image I generate myself, not download from somewhere.
Comments
Comment posted by blackapps
For an Android 20 device: Add android_requestLegacyExternalStorage=”true” to application tag in manifest file and you can copy your file to that external storage location in the old way. After that delete original.
Comment posted by cris
Thank you, but I’m aware of that. It seems that is only a temporary solution. I’m looking for the long term solution.
Comment posted by blackapps
Then why didnt you say so?
Comment posted by here
This was actually answered by user Frank in
