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Is it still not possible to allow an app read/write access to only a single directory on Android? Ony all directories or none?

From a quick check on my Android, that seems to be the case. How archaic. Why is it this way?



It is possible, with Scoped Storage. The problem is that apps know when they've been denied permissions, so it will indicate that, and then you'll be either refused entry or thrown in jail.


Wasn't that a feature of Lineage?

It never "denied" access, it just claimed that it didn't exist, or there was a fault so apps never actually knew they were blocked.




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