I can't access the text file that my app created on the shared storage after reinstalling my application on Android 11 devices. On a fresh install, I can easily access the file that I created on my first run. After uninstalling and reinstalling the app, I can't read/access the file that I created. Here is my code for creating the text file:
ContentValues cv = new ContentValues();
cv.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DISPLAY_NAME, "sample.txt");
cv.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.MIME_TYPE, "text/plain");
cv.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.RELATIVE_PATH, Environment.DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS + "/my_directory/");
Uri uri = context
.getContentResolver()
.insert(MediaStore.Files.getContentUri("external"), cv);
OutputStream outputStream = context.getContentResolver().openOutputStream(uri);
outputStream.write(Security.encrypt(UUID.randomUUID().toString()).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
outputStream.flush();
outputStream.close();
And here is my code for reading/accessing the text file:
String uuid = "";
Uri contentUri = MediaStore.Files.getContentUri("external");
String selection = MediaStore.MediaColumns.RELATIVE_PATH + "=?";
String[] selectionArgs = new String[]{Environment.DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS + "/my_directory/"};
Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(contentUri, null, selection, selectionArgs, null);
Uri uri = null;
while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
String fileName = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DISPLAY_NAME));
if (fileName.equals("sample.txt")) {
long id = cursor.getLong(cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.MediaColumns._ID));
uri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(contentUri, id);
break;
}
}
cursor.close();
if (uri == null) {
return "";
}
InputStream inputStream;
try {
inputStream = context.getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri);
int size = inputStream.available();
byte[] bytes = new byte[size];
inputStream.read(bytes);
inputStream.close();
uuid = new String(bytes, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
} catch (IOException e) {
Timber.e(e);
}
return uuid;
}