About extracting zip files

[Fatih Elitas]

DroidScript works fine with code, but it doesn't work when I create an APK. It doesn't extract the contents of the zip file. Where could the problem be? Is there a bug in the APK generator?

 ds 2.79.1

adndroid 12

function OnStart()
{
    app.UnzipFile( "yourfile.zip", "/sdcard/Extracted" );
}

[Alan Hendry]

HI,

My first instinct would be scoped storage.

Have you looked at GetPermission?

Regards, ah

[Dave]

I don't think it will create the target folder for you.  Did you try this - 

function OnStart()
{

    app.MakeFolder( "/sdcard/Extracted"  )

    app.UnzipFile( "yourfile.zip", "/sdcard/Extracted" );
}

Note: on a scoped storage device (Android 10+) "/sdcard/*" paths will point to the /Android/data/[packagename].... path

[Fatih Elitas]

Hi Dave;

The code works in the SPK file, but it doesn't work when creating the APK.

9 Şubat 2026 Pazartesi tarihinde saat 12:22:44 UTC+3 itibarıyla Dave şunları yazdı:

[Dave]

It might be the case that the Android zip function don't work from APK resources.  

This means you will need to extract the file from resources first, using the app.ExtractAssets method, then unzip it and delete the zip file afterwards

[Dave]

Note: The app.CopyFile method should also work and might be easier to use that app.ExtractAssets for a single file.