CODEWITHSUNDEEP
androidandroid-11
michuu
michuu

Reputation: 325

Where should user-editable configuration file go?

I want to store my app configuration in a JSON file, that user can edit. Where can I place it to avoid requesting full storage access permission? I'm targeting Android 11 and higher.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 26

Answers (1)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1007474

One option is to use ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT to let the user decide where to put the JSON. When you get the Uri back, you can call takePersistableUriPermissions() on ContentResolver to have long-term access to the content identified by the Uri. You can also use ContentResolver and its openInputStream() and openOutputStream() methods to read and write the JSON with your favorite JSON parser.

Another option is to store the JSON in the Documents/ or Downloads/ directories using ordinary file I/O. You have the ability to write files there, plus the ability to read files that you wrote.

Upvotes: 0

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