storage permissions about fudge

[petabyt]

Maybe it's a redundant permission, but the app needs to write JPEGs to DCIM/fuji (and create the DCIM/fuji folder, and that's it. I did it the way I've always remembered doing it.

[IzzySoft]

I'd say that's what READ_MEDIA_STORAGE and WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE are for with "scoped storage". But maybe only up to Android 10. They changed that too often, hard to keep track 🙈 The proper documentation should be here – and that says you need *_EXTERNAL_STORAGE only to access files created by other apps.

So maybe your app only needs READ_MEDIA_IMAGES and WRITE_MEDIA_IMAGES? But there we go:

If your app is used on a device that runs Android 9 or lower, or if your app has temporarily opted out of scoped storage, you must request the READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission to access any media file. If you want to modify media files, you must request the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission, as well.

OK, that answers my question: a device with Android 5 would be "a device that runs Android 9 or lower". Thanks, learned a new thing again. And apologies for the false alert then! I've put it on the allow-list for your app now:

    PermIgnore:
      android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: This permission was granted implicitly as WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE was requested, which is needed to access media files on Android 9 and below.