Allow custom export folder

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Issue by beng7
Sunday Dec 24, 2017 at 17:57 GMT
Originally opened as brarcher/loyalty-card-locker#168

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Hi
Please allow user to be able to set custom Export folder as opposed to default /storage /emulated/0
--> e.g. to export to the nexcloud directory so cards are automatically backed up in nextcloud
Thanks a lot

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Comment by brarcher
Wednesday Dec 27, 2017 at 02:36 GMT

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I think it is a good idea. I may not get to it right away, though. In the meantime, an alternative I can suggest is to share the backup data to another app and let it save it to the proper location. For example, Phone Saver (Google Play, F-Droid) will do just this. I have tested this app before and assisted with enhancements so it will work with my apps better.

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Comment by beng7
Thursday Dec 28, 2017 at 10:33 GMT

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Hi Branden,
Thanks for your reply.
Will try as you advised + still look to a future update with the option.
Let me thank you again for your excellent app + wish you a Happy New Year!
Cheers
ben

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Comment by smoyth
Saturday Mar 10, 2018 at 13:58 GMT

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+1

I might could contribute this one. Can you give an implementation pointers?

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Comment by brarcher
Saturday Mar 10, 2018 at 18:57 GMT

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@hooverlunch Recently I embedded a file picker into another of my apps. I think that it could be used here to specify the output folder. Take a look here for an example on adding the file picker, and documentation here.

My opinion is that from the ImportExportActivity if the user clicks on the Export button it should launch a file browser which asks to pick a directory. When the directory is selected the selected location is used to export the data. The filename itself can probably remain as LoyaltyCardKeychain.csv unless you feel strongly otherwise.

Note that there are unit tests which cover the import/export functionality and they would need to be updated as well.

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Comment by natrius
Friday Apr 27, 2018 at 13:02 GMT

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Yepp, duplicate, sorry for that. But yeah, custom folder appreciated - i might give phone saver a try too.

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This have been added some releases ago, so I'm closing this issue.