Selecting a cartridge dir on SD leads to error messages

[Lineflyer]

A user claimed on support, that WhereYouGo always shows "Invalid cartridge" (Ungültige Cartridge) once he either starts the app or selects a cartridge. He selected a storage directory on SD card. After changing this to the internal memory the problem was gone.

Version of WhereYouGo used:
2020.04.07

System information (Android version, device model):
Android 10, Samsung S10 plus

Is the problem reproducible:
To be investigated

[bekuno]

I could reproduce it on an android 9 device.

[Lineflyer]

I assume it is because we would need to have write access but there is no chance on SD.

IMHO we could completely remove the ability to choose a random dir and just use a default location working on all devices. This would also make it easier to write a valid beginners guide.

[SchoolGuy]

@Lineflyer I would not like that. I think it is pretty convenient for a user to choose whatever directory he likes. I think we can document very well how to choose a directory, personally I have explained that to various people already. Thus I think documenting that the SD-Card is not an option is the better choice in my eyes, even if that means that some users may not understand that because they don't read the documentation.

[Lineflyer]

We should at least provide a proper error message if the user tries to select a non writeable location.

[ajcampos]

I don't have an SD card but it doesn't accept a personalised directory. It worked before.

[Lineflyer]

This is well outdated but still relevant in a new way, see: https://www.whereyougo.org/faq#file_access

We can currently only support default directories until SAF gets implemented.
That issue #309 superseeding this old issue.

[ajcampos]

Understood. Many thanks. A quinta, 10/02/2022, 21:44, Lineflyer ***@***.***> escreveu:

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