Open infojoe opened 1 day ago
flyinghead
commented
1 day ago Duplicate of #1657. Like Google says:
GTV is for watching TV first and foremost, not managing files outside of adding or removing services or other apps designed to work with the interface. :)
There's no way for Flycast to access any storage without having permissions, and the only way is through a document picker. Only Google can fix this.
MastaG
commented
1 day ago But there are a few pickers you can install from the Play Store. I forgot which one, but I used it for setting up Wireguard on my Google TV.
flyinghead
commented
23 hours ago A pointer would be helpful because I couldn't find any that works.
infojoe
commented
19 hours ago There is no document picker or file manager that works for Android TV in Android 12. I have tried them all. Mixplorer is the one I use. There are folders that can be accessed by apps without having to grant specific permissions. Like the downloads folder or any folder in the base of internal storage. /storage/emulated/0/
Permission to those folders can be granted in the Android app settings. It's only when you navigate to /storage/emulated/0/Android/data that you need specific document picker access. Every app has access to downloads by default. Couldn't we just make a subfolder there? It just needs to be coded into flycast to look there.
flyinghead
commented
18 hours ago You cannot access anything in /storage/emulated/0 in apps targeting Android 11+.
Permission Denial: reading content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/tree/primary%3ADownload/document/primary%3ADownload/children
requires that you obtain access using ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT or related APIsSimilar problem with /storage/emulated/0/Download
Using a google TV box on Android 12, there is no way to set the folder to scan for games. There is no document picker built in. Also, the UI is very difficult to navigate, requiring both a usb keyboard as well as the remote.
Would it be possible to have a default of just scanning /games or /roms folders in main storage folder? Or even the downloads folder if nothing else? Another possibility would be to look in the main storage folder for a .flycast.config file that we can edit to change settings since the ui for AndroidTV is pretty much unusable.