Saving files in Android 11 to external storage(SDK 30)

Issue

I am writing a new Application on Android 11 (SDK Version 30) and I simply cannot find an example on how to save a file to the external storage.

I read their documentation and now know that they basicly ignore Manifest Permissions (READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE and WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE). They also ignore the android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true" in the manifest.xml application tag.

In their documentation https://developer.android.com/about/versions/11/privacy/storage they write you need to enable the DEFAULT_SCOPED_STORAGE and FORCE_ENABLE_SCOPED_STORAGE flags to enable scoped storage in your app.

Where do I have to enable those? And when I've done that how and when do I get the actual permission to write to the external storage? Can someone provide working code?
I want to save .gif, .png and .mp3 files. So I don't want to write to the gallery.

Thanks in advance.

Solution

You can save files to the public directories on external storage.

Like Documents, Download, DCIM, Pictures and so on.

In the usual way like before version 10.

Answered By - blackapps