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[question] access to files (on IOS)
Hi! to begin, sorry to bother with something somewhat unimportant.
My question is if there is a way to access the music files you download from the app. I ""need"" to do this because I reset my server and while setting up my hard drive I cleared it but forgot to backup my music. I don't have any backup for that matter (totally my fault by the way), except finamp on my phone
(Sadly and Unfortunately) I'm using IOS so file access is... a thing...
I figured I might ask because Infuse - which im using for videos - does store the files so that one can access it
(just to say it, this is not a feature request, I'd just like to know if there is a way, and if not I need to life with that. I can imagine that there would be lots of barriers to overcome to make this possible)
Hi! Sorry, forgot to reply yesterday, I was too tired...
So I just checked where Finamp stores the downloaded files, it's in the documents directory (NSDocumentDirectory). It seems like there are ways to access that directory, by making a backup of your phone and than accessing the file within the backup, as described here.
It might also be possible to update the config for iOS for the next release to that you can access the files from other apps: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70613514/how-can-i-display-my-app-documents-in-the-files-app-for-iphone
Sadly I can't just give you a custom build that has a button for exporting your files to another directory, because apps need to be installed through the app store on iOS. You could build it yourself, but since you don't have @jmshrv's digital signature you wont be able to install your version without uninstalling the old version with your downloads first.
I'd suggest you try the backup solution for now and keep us posted. Good luck!
Thanks for the reply
I did try the backup method, and I am able to access Finamp > Library > Application Support > download_tasks.sql, libCachedImageData.db but nothing else. I also looked around the Files and there is nothing connected to finamp.
But I did find the option to add a custom download location inside the finamp settings (settings > Download location > +), sadly this is also not that helpful since the app crashes as soon as I select a folder without throwing any error into the logs :/
I'm not sure if this is a bug or some issue with permissions, i mean both are bugs but you know what i mean :p
I'm starting to believe this is not really possible without a native feature by finamp thanks to the locked and limited nature of iOS
And there's no folder called Finamp > Library > Documents? I would assume that's where the songs should be.
Adding a new library after you downloaded the songs won't help, as downloaded songs aren't moved or anything.
Does playback in offline mode still work?
There is a Documents folder but its empty, when i open it iMazing just shows a popup saying that since iOS 8.2 apps need to explicitly allow access to this folder (or something Like that, i dont fully remember)
As of playing offline, yeah it still works fine
Okay, maybe I can get the updated config included in the next release. I'll check later :)
So I made the necessary modifications in https://github.com/jmshrv/finamp/commit/b4a18056916925610701fcf406332ab4aef5f46c, hopefully that's enough. You'll just have to update to the next release, whenever that hits (next few days/weeks) :)
Thank you soooooo much! You can’t believe how much time you saved me :D Really appreciate your work
I'll come back and tell ya if it worked, which is also why im unsure if this issue counts as closed (for now) so I'll leave the decision to you
Cant thank you enough
You can thank me and close the issue if it actually works xD
Fingers crossed!
@flloschy just wanted to let you know that even though the redesign beta might be released before the next stable release, you should probably not upgrade to that one before you recovered your media. Wait for the stable release (should arrive soon after), recover your files (if possible), and then you can try out the beta (which should migrate your existing downloads to the new download system, but no guarantees) :)
Im not 100% sure what you are saying As far as im understanding this the next update should be skipped because its a beta and only upgrade when the stable is out. Is this right? Just wanna make sure
btw. thanks for the info :D
The beta will be released soon, which means you can choose between continuing to use the current version (stable), or the beta version (redesign, more features, faster updates). The beta will be available via Testflight, but I'm not sure if it's possible to upgrade to the beta on iOS while keeping the app data.
So I'm saying that you should not use the version from Testflight (once that becomes available, there will be a release announcement here), but instead wait for the next regular update in the App Store ^^
@flloschy the update has finally been released: https://github.com/jmshrv/finamp/releases/tag/0.6.20
It'll probably take a day(?) to get reviewed before it hits the App Store :)
Please report back if this solved your issue! Best of luck <3
I just saw the update is out for 22h now
And YESSS it works, I can see the files! Thank you very very much, I think i'm competent enough to figure things out from here.
I really appreciate the work you do (and jmshrv of course (and any contributor for that matter))!
Looking forward to see what the Redesign will offer once it finished and again thanks for what you do!
<3 <3 <3
Oh sorry I never responded xD
Glad that everything worked out for you! <3