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Book Reader for Android
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Write on external storage fails #649

Open lucalandolfi opened 3 years ago

lucalandolfi commented 3 years ago

Hello, I have e-books stored in external storage, namely /storage/827C-94C8/Books directory. If I add this path to the Folders to Scan list, books are added to the library as intended. But if I point Downloads folders to the same path on external storage, then I can't download anything from online libraries (both public and my own Calibre OPDS catalog). I can browse catalogs but if I try to download a file, it fails. I cannot even create new directories on external storage using the built-in file manager.

Is writing to external storage not supported at all? I'm using version 8.3.100, on Android 10 (MIUI 12.0.2).

skullsplice commented 2 years ago

I know this is an older issue but figured I comment my workaround for anyone else that may be having this issue.

A work around I found (which works fine for my use) was to create a folder under /storage/<external_SD_card>/Android/media/ titled com.foobnic.pro.pdf.reader. Then set that as my download folder as well as my library folder to scan and I haven't had an issue since.

This was on Librera version 8.3.135 on Android 9.