Alternative to Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory();

Asked Feb 13 '20 at 17:39

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My intention is to save a file available for the user in his internal storages `/Documents` path.

Since Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory() is deprecated now I am looking for an alternative. Google tells me following alternatives:

getExternalFilesDir(String type) from Context [LINK]
MediaStore.Files ← I don't get this anyway [LINK]
Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT where the user can specify the path himself [LINK]

getExternalFilesDir() is not working - the way I use it - for my intention. This saves the files in the apps own directory where it is hardly accessible for the user, when I use Environment.DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS or null as the argument.

The intent one is a very good alternative I wanted to implement anyway but in my apps paid version. For the free version I want to store the file in a fixed location accessible for the user.

Thank you for your help in advance!

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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asked Feb 13 '20 at 17:39

René Jörg Spies

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60179299 – blackapps Feb 13 '20 at 17:46
@blackapps your approach works perfectly. thank you for your quick response. I will answer my question on how solved this task it in detail tomorrow. – René Jörg Spies Feb 13 '20 at 18:25

Alternative to Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory();

My intention is to save a file available for the user in his internal storages /Documents path.

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My intention is to save a file available for the user in his internal storages `/Documents` path.