[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #12727: ANDROID: Allow Save location in SDcard (Write permission on SD) (was: Allow Save location in SDcard (Write permission on SD))

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#12727: ANDROID: Allow Save location in SDcard (Write permission on SD)
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Reporter:  LukasThyWalls                         |       Owner:  (none)
    Type:  feature request                       |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal                                |   Component:  Port:
                                                 |  Android
 Version:                                        |  Resolution:
Keywords:  Android, SDCard, Write permission,    |        Game:
  Savegames, Feature request                     |
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Changes (by antoniou79):

 * summary:  Allow Save location in SDcard (Write permission on SD) =>
     ANDROID: Allow Save location in SDcard (Write permission on SD)

Comment:

 The first and primary issue of the ticket, ie. writing permission on the
 SD Card, is an issue on "newer" Android OS. The request has to go through
 Android's Storage Access Framework.

 I can reproduce a bug on this, but at the very least, when trying to gain
 storage access ScummVM should throw you to a file system "browser" to set
 a folder that can be accessed (typically you set this to the folder or
 parent or ancestor folder of the folder --or if you don't care that much,
 then the SD card root folder-- where you intend to save your games).
 Access would work recursively beyond the folder you set; that is, it will
 include access to its children folders.

 Can you confirm that you got this redirection to an interface in order to
 set a folder to allow access?

 I think that setting the SD card root folder should work, because I know
 I've tested this originally. There could be a regression to this though
 caused by another commit. In my testing today I chose a folder other than
 the SD card root and I can see that there's a bug there (the folder is
 'retrieved' with the path "encoded" which means path slashes and colons
 are converted to their "%2A" "%3A" encoded versions. I will attempt to fix
 this and report back.

 The second issue you're reporting it's the intended behavior. We put it
 there so that people would not navigate to a "/" or an empty path "" and
 couldn't recover from there. Some of those shortcuts are expected to not
 be useful (to most users anyway), or even redirect to the same thing, but
 other than that I don't see a bug in the feature. If you still think
 there's an issue there, please elaborate further.
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Ticket URL: <https://bugs.scummvm.org/ticket/12727#comment:1>
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