App crashes on Android 16 when opening Settings / Downloads not working

[dendy2107]

What's wrong

I was trying to open the app Settings and download apps, but the application crashes instantly when entering Settings, and downloads fail completely. It looks like the app cannot create the required downloads directory on Android 16. Everything worked fine on Android 15.

How to reproduce

1. Open the app on Android 16.
2. Go to Settings (app crashes immediately).
3. Try to download any app (download fails).

Your setup

App version: 1.8.2 (17)
OS: Android 16 (crDroid)

Anything else

Short error snippet:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to create downloads directory: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/zed.rainxch.githubstore/files/Download

Full crash log: https://paste.crdroid.net/goY21h

[rainxchzed]

Thanks for the report + paste log. Root cause confirmed: Android 16 / crDroid is blocking getExternalFilesDir(DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS) for our app. Previous code threw on that failure instead of falling back to internal storage, which is what crashed Settings and broke downloads.

Fix queued in #609 — cascading fallback through external Downloads → external files root → internal storage. Internal is always writable for an installed app, so the throw is gone and worst case downloads land in app-private internal storage.

Ships in 1.8.3 (early next week). Can you re-test once it's out? If you want to verify earlier, the PR branch is fix/android16-downloads-dir-fallback — build instructions in repo README.