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Child list of getStorageDirectory always return null on Android 11

I want get child list of /storage directory by targetSdk=30 app. So, I settings android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission to AndroidManifest.xml and I created this code.
(I don't plan to distribute this app, so there is no problem granting this permission.)

<manifest>
    ...
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission
        android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
        tools:ignore="ScopedStorage" />
    ...
</manifest>

Environment.getStorageDirectory().list() // return null

However, as comment in the code, this code will always return null...

Can you please help me?

(I'm not good at English, so going through a translation service. Sorry if it's not clear.)

Solution

  • I couldn't do it, so I used a different method. The reason I wanted to get the list under /storage was to detect an external SD card. As an alternative, I implemented it to take the StorageManager and fetch the directories for which isRemovable is true. Thank you all for answers.