Choosing a data folder should ask for moving existing data

[acollign]

As a user I want to move all my existing data to another folder

AFAICT changing the data folder doesn't move existing data.

[eddyp]

Indeed, moving the folder does not move data. Also, when changing the folder, the existing information in the new folder should be parsed and registered.

Agree the installing the first test apk for variable speed, I had to download again files which were already in my custom directory.

[p4yne]

Hi,
for people with the above issues, this is a step by step workaround:

1. Backup database from within the antennapod app.
2. Download the database file to a system that has a sqlite database editor like: http://sqlitebrowser.org
3. Fill in the path fields with your own old and new paths.

UPDATE Feeds SET file_url = replace( file_url, 'old-path', 'new-path');
UPDATE FeedMedia SET file_url = replace( file_url, 'old-path', 'new-path');

4. Execute the queries which might look similar like this:

UPDATE Feeds SET file_url = replace( file_url, '/storage/emulated/0/', '/storage/1337-1337/');
UPDATE FeedMedia SET file_url = replace( file_url, '/storage/emulated/0/', '/storage/1337-1337/');

5. Write Changes to database file.
6. Upload it again to your device.
7. Import the database backup from within the antennapod app.

Hope this helps everybody in need :-)
Keep up the awesome work, antennapod is the best podcast catcher! <3

[eddyp]

for people with the above issues, this is a step by step workaround:

Yes, I am thinking the workaround works only if a) you know of the issue beforehand and b) you're invested enough and c) technical enough to do the steps.

It would be nice if AntennaPod did these internally.

[antennapod-bot]

This issue has been mentioned on AntennaPod Forum. There might be relevant details there:

https://forum.antennapod.org/t/move-downloaded-podcasts-to-new-phone/258/2

[tallishpaul]

p4yne workaround is great. I barely know what a database is, but I got the editor from https://sqlitebrowser.org/ onto a Windows 10 PC and followed p4yne's instructions. For anyone as daft as me, here is a layman's description for steps (3)(4)(5): (a) click on the Browse Data tab, (b) click on the 'Table' drop down list at the top left, (c) select the FeedMedia table from that list, (d) click on the 'replace text in cells' button at the top middle, (e) replace the old path with the new path.

Hope this helps, thanks all, p4yne, and the chaps doing AntennaPod

[j-lakeman]

Any updates on this?
IMHO this would be a functionality most users would expect.

[keunes]

@j-lakeman To ask the question, is to answer it.

There's no updates on this until there are (and you see them).