Using legacy storage in Android API29

Question

I am trying to use "Legacy Storage" for my app so that it can run on API29, as a temporary measure until I can understand the new storage model. I have set

requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"

in the manifest, but it still doesn't work. The Android docs say:

Test scoped storage

To enable scoped storage in your app, regardless of your app's target SDK version and manifest flag values, enable the following app compatibility flags:

DEFAULT_SCOPED_STORAGE (enabled for all apps by default) FORCE_ENABLE_SCOPED_STORAGE (disabled for all apps by default)

To disable scoped storage and use the legacy storage model instead, unset both flags.

How do I unset the flags? Any other advice?

Answer 1

Back to the main question:

How do I unset the flags? Any other advice?

The flags you mention (DEFAULT_SCOPED_STORAGE and FORCE_ENABLE_SCOED_STORAGE) are for development purpouse only. You can set them in App Compatibility Changes panel on settings. To find this pannel, you have to unlock Developer options in settings and you can find there App Compatibility Changes.

For more information, see the documentation: How to identify which changes are enabled