Still can't read file as list/array.
very appreciate for your help
No, to read file from assets as byte array.
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The examples are not complete Sunny - we need them to be 'A to Z', not 'G to P', because SAF is unfamiliar territory. 
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I can provide examples only if I know the use scenarios.
Please suggest some of them.
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Don't get me wrong, your work on this extension is a masterpiece, small wonder that Evan wants you to integrate it into App Inventor.
I can suggest the examples you have already made. The issues:
- Incomplete. SAF is baffling when you first see it, so examples should actually work stand-alone.
- Old version Blocks used.
- No introduction to the example describing what it's goal is.
- Unattached Blocks
- Anonymous inputs
- Unreadable images
If you make more comprehensive examples, there wouldn't be so many posts from people asking what they have done wrong - including posts from fellow Power Users.
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Create a text file in an external folder of your choice from the Root Directory and write to it.
SAF_CreateTextFile.aia (31.8 KB)
Note: Add the SAF extension first! Can be tested on your device via Companion or as an APK.
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I tested your aia with companion, it runs well, I created file, how can I read it without selecting folder?
As far as I know, you have to access the files by selecting the folder, this is how Google have designed the system to try to block hacking.
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Actually if I leave the directory path blank, it defaults to the Downloads folder on my phone and I can't navigate from there, so starting specifically at the Root Folder (or any specific folder) is more reliable.
You cannot select
- the root dir of the external storage and
- also not
/Download
using SAF.
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You will have to pick the document at least once to get access to it. After getting uri you can read from file anytime.
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...... maybe you can't, but I have on Android 10.
On Android < 11 SAF is not needed, because you can access all files (media & non-media) with storage permissions (in the external storage, outside the ASD), since AI2 decided to declare requestLegacyExternalStorage=true in the Manifest.
Well, SAF came into being @ Android 4.4, but the purpose of my post was to present a fully working example App, presented in a way that people can actually understand.
Yes, so what ...?
I'm not so sure if people actually understand it. Especially since it is / remains unclear why a text file should be created using SAF if it works without any problems with the File component (or without storage permissions on Android 11+ with my MFile extension), also on Android 11+ (at least for the Shared folders).
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I'm not sure you understand Anke
@ChrisWard As Sunny rightly said, explain a specific use case.
As soon as we know this, we can make concrete suggestions as to how this can be implemented with or without SAF.
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