To open a specific folder w/o any file manager

[Ahmet K]

The shortcut below opens the downloads folder.

Action=        android.intent.action.MAIN
Package=    com.google.android.documentsui
Class=         com.google.android.documentsui/com.android.documentsui.files.FilesActivity

Even though I wrote the following statements in the DataURI section to open a specific folder instead of the Downloads folder, I was not successful:

Data URI=
/storage/emulated/0/files/
OR
/storage/emulated/0/files
OR
content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/document/primary%3Afiles
OR
content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/document/primary%3Afiles/

Anyone have any idea? 

[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

The URI goes into an extra, e.g.:

• Action: Open document
• MIME-type: */*
• Extras= { "android.provider.extra.INITIAL_URI" as Uri: "content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/document/primary%3Afiles" }

In the next release v1.42.0 the fileUri will likely get a "d" flag to return a document URI.

[Ahmet K]

I tried two situaton.

[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

The first error is likely cause by some copy & paste issue, try writing it manually.

The seconds error is likely cause by your flow using MIME-type *.* instead of */*

On Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 3:02:58 PM UTC+1 ahka...@gmail.com wrote:

I tried two situaton.

[phonetus tus]

Is there a new easy way to open a folder? 

[Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist]

Try including:

• Extras= { "android.provider.extra.INITIAL_URI" as Uri: fileUri(pathToOpen,"d") }

See: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/DocumentsContract#EXTRA_INITIAL_URI