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Doesn't show images even if they are in included folders

Open Makseeee opened this issue 2 years ago • 8 comments

Hello, I added a folder (android/data/org.telegram.messenger) to the included folders, I granted permission to this folder but its images/videos aren't shown. I'm not an expert dev but I did some test and this only happens on android 11+, it works well with android 10- (I'm sure that the the app has all the required permissions: SAF + READ/WRITE and MANAGE) Also the images/videos aren't in excluded/hidden I'm not sure but I think it may come from the way the app get the images/videos from the phone and it doesn't "naturally" fetch android/data.

Makseeee avatar Jun 14 '23 22:06 Makseeee

try allowing displaying of hidden files

tibbi avatar Jun 15 '23 06:06 tibbi

I did but it still doesn't show them

Makseeee avatar Jun 15 '23 10:06 Makseeee

does any gallery show them?

tibbi avatar Jun 15 '23 13:06 tibbi

I didn't try any other gallery but with a file explorer the videos/images are here

Makseeee avatar Jun 15 '23 13:06 Makseeee

file managers work differently, not all images are visible to galleries. Try renaming a file with a file manager, if it appears in the gallery.

tibbi avatar Jun 15 '23 13:06 tibbi

Still, it doesn't work. Tbh I did some edits by myself such as asking for SAF permission in android/data since when I click on add included folders in the app then I choose android/data it opens that: https://ibb.co/myr0yDH So I had to change it in android studios but maybe I did it wrong idk

Makseeee avatar Jun 15 '23 14:06 Makseeee

I tried on Android 10 and it shows the images when the folder is in included folder so I really think it's specific to the way the app fetches data on android 11+

Makseeee avatar Jun 15 '23 17:06 Makseeee

the /data folder is messed up differently on every OS version and we already show the images that we can. Will see if it improves in the future

tibbi avatar Jun 15 '23 21:06 tibbi