Import and Export not working

[Thewisem]

Running Android 7. Samsung Galaxt Tab A. Its not working for importing or exporting files

[lordi]

Is there an error message? It is probably a permission problem.

[Thewisem]

Hmmmmm Fun fact. It never asks for permission. At least not in my device

[0xDB]

Maybe the location you chose for export cannot be written to? Could you try to export to the Downloads folder and import from there? Extra Permissions should only be required to persist access to a file across reboots, which isn't necessary in this case.

It would help if you told us how far you get before an error occurs. Selecting either import or export should launch a file picker where you can select where to import from / export to. Can you choose a file or is something going wrong when launching the file picker?

[Thewisem]

Well

[Thewisem]

When I clicked export it instantly crashes with issues I have no idea of

[Thewisem]

Even importing makes it crash

[Thewisem]

And I can't change the location of where I am supposed to import or export

[Thewisem]

So I guess add a feature requirement of showing where the download location should be? Maybe

[0xDB]

I will set up an Android 7 emulator to test import and export, but I don't have a lot of spare time at the moment, so it will probably take some time. I will post here when I have some results/feedback.

[Thewisem]

One more thing, I may or may not have moved the file where it was supposed to backup once and then put it back. Maybe that's why I don't know

[0xDB]

Hi! Getting the Android 7 AVD to run was quicker than expected, however I can't reproduce your error as export and import just work. I'll attach the screen recording, maybe you can shed some light on how the process behaves differently on your device.

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1752307/110213843-16f6b200-7ea2-11eb-954f-1511ecc4a64d.mp4

[Thewisem]

I usually have 3

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/74511929/110214060-df910100-7eb3-11eb-86c0-972979f89ebe.mp4

or 4 activities and do a lot of clicks. Maybe because of that.

[lordi]

It could have something todo with the track groups that you are using

@0xDB can you check exporting those with your AVD?

@Thewisem we didn't check that but you are running the latest version of tickmate right?

[Thewisem]

Yes

[Thewisem]

Version 1.4.9

[0xDB]

@lordi import and export of multiple groups and tracks works in the Android 7 AVD.

To me it looks like the ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT and ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT intents fail, as there is no opportunity to pick a file.

@Thewisem is it possible that you disabled the Samsung File Manager App (may also just be called "Files" or similar)?

[Thewisem]

Yes

[Thewisem]

I may or may not have uninstalled it

[0xDB]

Could you try to install/enable these file manager system apps and test import/export again?

My suspicion is that the activities mentioned before (which are part of the Android Storage Access Framework) are implemented within those apps. In this case, if these Apps are deactivated or removed, the functionality is no longer available and an uncaught ActivityNotFoundException would occur when invoking ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT or ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT and crash the app. A similar bug seems to have occurred on Xiaomi Devices previously.

[Thewisem]

Hmmm I guess I need to check my storage access framework. Seems my fault. Sorry

[0xDB]

No worries, please report back if this does not fix the problem so we can investigate the issue further. I'm keeping this issue open for now to add some error handling, so that the app will display an error message instead of force closing.

[Thewisem]

Yes. It was broken then. I had restarted my device and fixed it. But depending on SAF is kinda bad if someone made my mistake lol

[Thewisem]

I had uninstalled it. Making it asnine impossible for it to use those commands.