Game only seeing files created by Godot itself on Android

[Swarkin]

Tested versions

v4.3.dev6.official [89850d5]

System information

Android 13 - Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G

Issue description

Files do not show up, likely a permissions problem but I was unable to find any related permissions regarding the file system.
There aren't any permissions listed in the settings for the app.

Steps to reproduce

func _ready() -> void:
	# /storage/emulated/0/Documents contains several files.
	DirAccess.get_files_at("/storage/emulated/0/Documents")  # []
	FileAccess.open("/storage/emulated/0/Documents/text.txt", FileAccess.WRITE).close()
	DirAccess.get_files_at("/storage/emulated/0/Documents")  # ["test.txt"]

Minimal reproduction project (MRP)

any

[tiloc]

Android is very limiting with access to arbitrary files since Android 11. https://developer.android.com/about/versions/11/privacy/storage

If you request the permission to do this, then you won't be able to publish to Play Store, unless you happen to be a file management app.

[Swarkin]

I dont quite understand where I request these?
From the android docs: To disable scoped storage and use the legacy storage model instead, unset both flags.
But the DEFAULT_SCOPED_STORAGE flag is greyed out and always active in the compatibility settings,

[tiloc]

I dont quite understand where I request these? From the android docs: To disable scoped storage and use the legacy storage model instead, unset both flags. But the DEFAULT_SCOPED_STORAGE flag is greyed out and always active in the compatibility settings,

Android will not allow you to use legacy storage anymore, regardless of what you request, unless you intentionally want to run only on old phones (Android 11 and older). You need to rework your app to only require access to your own files, or use Android APIs for media access, photo access etc.

[Swarkin]

Is it possible to make Godot request the all files permission, like the Editor does?

[tiloc]

Is it possible to make Godot request the all files permission, like the Editor does?

See my link above. Google would most likely not permit the publication of your app then. See https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage/manage-all-files#all-files-access-google-play for specific details.

[Swarkin]

Thanks, got it working by enabling MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE in the build config and running OS.request_permissions().
Closing as it is not a Godot issue