Downloader won't start until Access permissions accepted (Android 6) about tachiyomi

[Kreemy]

Basically What you need to do is, you need to go into settings > Downloads and then change the Downloads Directory /sdcard/andThenCreateOrChangeDirectory here. Save it and close the app and the download will work :) This is a work around because the default folder chosen doesn't exist.

[inorichi]

It should be fixed already.

[Ligerx]

I ran into a similar problem on v0.1.3 (just released).
I'm running Lollipop, and I can't use the app to create new folders or download on my external SD.

If this sounds like a separate problem, then I'll create another issue. Thanks!

[inorichi]

Try to use the external cache dir as downloads dir.

The dir is: /sdcard/Android/data/eu.kanade.tachiyomi/, if you use debug version it ends with eu.kanade.tachiyomi.debug. Try to create a downloads folder there and let me know what happens.

[Ligerx]

The eu.kanade.tachiyomi folder did not exist, so I created it myself. (didn't get any permission errors doing this)

However, when I tried downloading a chapter, it stalls at 0% in the download queue.

[inorichi]

Are you on wifi network? By default it only downloads when wifi is available. If it's not that, I don't have any idea, the commit that fixed this is for Marshmallow and higher.

That folder should be writable by the app, and the downloads start when there's a connection available. I would try looking for similar problems with your device and OS version.

[Ligerx]

Okay so maybe I was having internet problems before, but the external cache dir works for downloads now. I believe the /sdcard/Android/data/eu.kanade.tachiyomi/ directory is actually internal storage.

However I'm still having problems with downloading to my external SD card. If I'm interpreting my research correctly, then Lollipop needs to explicitly ask for permission (similar to Marshmallow). I also just formatted my sd card (through my phone) and that didn't fix anything.

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Edit: In case it should be happening, I'm not getting asked to grant permissions when selecting a download directory (internal or external SD). I'm running Lollipop.

[inorichi]

Only in Marshmallow a popup is displayed to ask for permissions. Lollipop doesn't have/need that. Try the latest debug with these changes a81f6c3. I don't have external SD card so I can't test this.