From e734829e59cad95d781135662beff667fa38e4dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Micay Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 16:23:23 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] clarifications for media access --- static/usage.html | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/static/usage.html b/static/usage.html index 083c8026..031f7571 100644 --- a/static/usage.html +++ b/static/usage.html @@ -251,11 +251,14 @@ Media for legacy apps and Media for modern apps. For legacy apps, it gives access to most of the user's home directory other than certain special areas. For modern apps, it only gives access to files created by the app and indexed media. Media is - indexed if it's in a directory scope without a file called .nomedia. - You can see the indexed media collections via the categories for Photos, etc. in - the system file manager. These aren't directories themselves but rather all of the - indexed media from all directories in the user's home directory. These are not the - same thing as the standard top-level directories for Pictures, etc.

+ indexed and placed into the standard media collections if it's in one of the + standard media directories without a file called .nomedia in the + directory hierarchy. Apps can also add their files to the media store index + themselves. You can see the indexed media collections via the categories for + Photos, etc. in the system file manager. These aren't directories themselves but + rather all of the indexed media from all directories in the user's home directory. + These are not the same thing as the standard top-level directories for Pictures, + etc.

Since the Storage permission became a limited Media permission for apps built for modern Android, a separate "All files access" special access permission was