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| en:help:v2:settings:storage [2022/04/08 20:48] – alpinequest | en:help:v2:settings:storage [2022/04/09 10:15] – [How to access data stored outside of the application folder in Android 11 and above?] alpinequest | ||
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| Starting with Android 11, drastic changes have been made by Google regarding how applications can access data stored outside of the application specific folders: except for file managers (and a few other specific cases), applications are only able to access media files from the shared storage spaces (internal device and removable SD card). It means that all your file-based maps and placemarks saved outside of the application specific folders are no more accessible. | Starting with Android 11, drastic changes have been made by Google regarding how applications can access data stored outside of the application specific folders: except for file managers (and a few other specific cases), applications are only able to access media files from the shared storage spaces (internal device and removable SD card). It means that all your file-based maps and placemarks saved outside of the application specific folders are no more accessible. | ||
| - | However, applications still keep a total access on their application specific folders (read and write everything). There is one application specific folder on the internal device memory, and one application specific folder on the removable SD card (if any). For AlpineQuest Pro, the path of this folder is "'' | + | However, applications still keep a total access on their application specific folders (read and write everything). There is one application specific folder on the internal device memory, and one application specific folder on the removable SD card (if any).\\ |
| + | For AlpineQuest Pro, the path of this folder is "'' | ||
| + | For AlpineQuest Lite, the path of this folder is "'' | ||
| Until better solutions are found, here are some workarounds: | Until better solutions are found, here are some workarounds: | ||
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| **Placemarks** | **Placemarks** | ||
| * Move your placemarks inside an application specific folder (see above), inside the "'' | * Move your placemarks inside an application specific folder (see above), inside the "'' | ||
| - | * Open your placemarks from your File manager, the application will be listed in the possible choices for handling this file. | + | * Open your placemarks from your File Manager, the application will be listed in the possible choices for handling this file. |
| **Maps** | **Maps** | ||