From d5dbc421b1b36b673fb9d3ab97c4b975bd0e54ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roman Musin <musinrr@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 17:30:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Android: Fixes #4122: Try to fix external storage access on
 Android 10 (#4134)

---
 .../app-mobile/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml     | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 3c1ce4b81..02f74c28b 100644
--- a/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/packages/app-mobile/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 	<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="false" />
 	<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" android:required="false" />
 
+	<!--
+		Android 10 introduced new "scoped storage" mechanism.
+		Apps targeting Android 10 (sdk 29) can no longer freely access arbitrary paths on the shared storage.
+		The attribute "requestLegacyExternalStorage" below allows to opt out of this restriction.
+	-->
 	<application
 		android:name=".MainApplication"
 		android:label="@string/app_name"
@@ -25,6 +30,7 @@
 		android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
 		android:allowBackup="false"
 		android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config"
+		android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"
 		android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
 
 		<!-- RN-NOTIFICATION -->