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From: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
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Subject: Re: text editor
Date: 8 Mar 2024 10:59:38 GMT
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ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:
>                         But an app that is aware of this new
>regulation may ask the user to grant additional permissions to
>access files in more directories IIRC.

  Few years ago, to do this, the app had to:

  - declare MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE in its manifest, and

  - use the ACTION_MANAGE_ALL_FILES_ACCESS_PERMISSION intent action
    so that the user can enable this.