Additionally, both modern and legacy Android apps can open the system file picker interface to have the user store or load one or more files/directories on their behalf. This type of access doesn't require any of the permissions listed - above. - Using this approach gives the user control over where files are stored in their - home directory and which files/directories can be used by the app. This is based on - the Storage Access Framework (SAF) introduced in Android 4.4. SAF allows the user - to grant access to files/directories in their home directory, external drives - and also app-based storage providers such as network shares, cloud storage, an - encrypted volume, an external drive with a filesystem the OS doesn't support for - external drives, etc. - This is the only way to use those app-based storage providers and modern Android - has removed the legacy approach for accessing external drives.
+ above. Using this approach gives the user control over where files are stored in + their home directory and which files/directories can be used by the app. This is + based on the Storage Access Framework (SAF) introduced in Android 4.4. SAF allows + the user to grant access to files/directories in their home directory, external + drives and also app-based storage providers such as network shares, cloud storage, + an encrypted volume, an external drive with a filesystem the OS doesn't support + for external drives, etc. This is the only way to use those app-based storage + providers and modern Android has removed the legacy approach for accessing + external drives.