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In-Game: [Android] Add support for using the OS's media folder #8609

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LF21Hungry opened this issue Dec 4, 2024 · 0 comments
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In-Game: [Android] Add support for using the OS's media folder #8609

LF21Hungry opened this issue Dec 4, 2024 · 0 comments
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LF21Hungry commented Dec 4, 2024

Is your feature request related to a problem?

I've gotten very frustrated at the fact the data folder on android ("storage/emulated/0/Android/data") is inaccessible because of scoped storage, a feature added by Google to prevent file access, thus preventing me from adding my mod-sprite loader using sprite_add (and the sprite_add_gif extension by YellowAfterLife) on android.

I'm aware this isn't Gamemaker's fault, but i'm confident my solution is very straightforward, would make sense to implement and would certainly be quite logical and easy-to-understand.

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I would like games made with gamemaker to be able to read sprites using sprite_add or do similar file-related actions like reading/writing txt files from the "Android/media/" folder additionally to or instead of the data folder, since "Android/data/" is inaccessible through file explorers without rooting your device.

It seems to not be affected by the scoped storage system android has introduced, as i realized when i was messing around in my file explorer, and likely doesn't need any additional permissions.

This could open up the ability to add mod support into your android games and possibly even more than that.

@LF21Hungry LF21Hungry added the feature request New feature (or a request for one) label Dec 4, 2024
@YYDan YYDan changed the title Android Media Folder Support In-Game: [Android] Add support for using the OS's data/media folders Dec 4, 2024
@stuckie stuckie moved this from Triage to Backlog in Team Workload Dec 4, 2024
@LF21Hungry LF21Hungry changed the title In-Game: [Android] Add support for using the OS's data/media folders In-Game: [Android] Add support for using the OS's media folder Dec 4, 2024
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