Not seeing any files on the android device

[premtemp1]

Hello, I trying to read android folder and show the user a list of files but I am NOT seeing any files that I have uploaded in any folders.

  var localURLs = [
                cordova.file.applicationDirectory,
                cordova.file.applicationStorageDirectory,
                cordova.file.cacheDirectory,
                cordova.file.dataDirectory,
                cordova.file.externalRootDirectory , 
                cordova.file.externalApplicationStorageDirectory,
                cordova.file.externalCacheDirectory,
                cordova.file.externalDataDirectory

            ];
            var index = 0;
            var i;
            var errorStr = '';
            var fileList = [];
            var addFileEntry = function (entry) {
                var dirReader = entry.createReader();
                dirReader.readEntries(
                    function (entries) {

                        var i;
                        for (i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
                            if (entries[i].isDirectory === true) {
                                // Recursive -- call back into this subdirectory
                                addFileEntry(entries[i]);
                            } else {
                                var ext = entries[i].name.split('.').pop();
                                if (ext === 'doc' || ext === 'docx' ||
                                    ext === 'rdf' || ext === 'pdf' || ext === 'txt' ||
                                    ext === 'odt') {

                                    fileList.push(entries[i]); // << replace with something useful
                                }
                                index++;
                            }
                        }
                    },
                    function (error) {
                        console.log('readEntries error: ' + error.code);
                        errorStr += '<p>readEntries error: ' + error.code + '</p>';
                    }
                );
            };
            var addError = function (error) {
                console.log('getDirectory error: ' + error.code);
                errorStr += '<p>getDirectory error: ' + error.code + ', ' + error.message + '</p>';
            };
            for (i = 0; i < localURLs.length; i++) {
                if (localURLs[i] === null || localURLs[i].length === 0) {
                    continue; // skip blank / non-existent paths for this platform
                }
                window.resolveLocalFileSystemURL(localURLs[i], addFileEntry, addError);
            }
            $scope.fileList = fileList;
            $scope.localFileError = errorStr;

The following is on the cordova config.xml file..

<preference name="AndroidPersistentFileLocation" value="Internal" />
<preference name="AndroidPersistentFileLocation" value="Compatibility" />
<preference name="AndroidExtraFilesystems" value="files,files-external,documents,sdcard,cache,cache-external,assets,root" />

Can you please let me know how to fix this issue. I can see files in the download and sdcard folders in android for API <=22 but not >=26

I have to deploy a release to production and this main functionality is broken. Also, I cannot use API 22 in the store,, It has to be >=26.

Is it possible to provide a quick work-a-round/patch or a timeline of a fix for this issue. please

Thanks

[janpio]

Did you fix the problem @premtemp1 before your release? If so, could you update us how?

[sytolk]

I have fixed this downgrading Android minAPI=22 and targetAPI=27 (before was minAPI=23 targetAPI=29 and not working)

[breautek]

stale

Note that modern SDK targets can no longer read the directories of some external directories. Additionally files that you have permission to view will be shown in external storage.