Feature Request: Select Different Download Path in Download Dialog

[magi44ken]

In the Download Dialog, add an option to change the default download path to easily manually save to different folders.

[pacorrop]

This is configurable in settings?

I could instead add the possibility of editing the default path by hand (i.e, through the keyboard), since I have Android Nougat and the default path (/storage/emulated/0/Movies/NewPipe) is somehow not reachable by any non-root user. However, /sdcard/Movies/NewPipe is. When I try to set it through the default path browser, /sdcard/ is empty (like if it was not allowed to browse into it).

I had to manually edit the org.schabi.newpipe.preferences.xml to enable the downloads again.

[magi44ken]

Yes you change default path in the settings but I want to be able to do in download dialog. There are times I want to save to different folder beside the default folders in the settings.

[TobiGr]

Sounds like a good idea and should be easy to implement

[sherlockbeard]

hey can anybody guide on how to make it possible . because it currently get location from newpipesetting .
so , my doubt is should the user type in the name of folder. or is there any other way.

[gkeegan]

It would probably be best to open the android file manager to select where to download to. Typing in the path may cause issues if NewPipe ever ends up supporting downloading to SD card.

[sherlockbeard]

i started the file explore but i am not sure how to get result from it. does anyone have any experience with it.

[TobiGr]

Please do not use the Android File picker, but the FilePicker library. You can find its usage here:

NewPipe/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/settings/DownloadSettingsFragment.java

Line 53 in 2d39e65

Intent i = new Intent(getActivity(), FilePickerActivityHelper.class)

However, @kapodamy has just added a storage access framework and other things related to file handling. So it might be clever to build upon the work in #2149 and check which changes @kapodamy made to the way the filepicker is used.

[sherlockbeard]

Thanx @TobiGr . I did the fix. using FilePickerActivityHelper

[MuhammadImran2]

Hello! I would like to work on this :)

please assign me this issue

[sherlockbeard]

damn flashback of 2019 .....

[MuhammadImran2]

hahahahah sorry i do no see time ok

[sherlockbeard]

hi @MuhammadImran2 plz free to take this as i can't contribute to it .

[MuhammadImran2]

ok @sherlockbeard ❤️

[opusforlife2]

@MuhammadImran2 Please wait for confirmation before working on this. The current codebase is on a feature freeze right now because of an upcoming rewrite. So this may or may not be postponed because of that.

[TobiGr]

This needs to wait until after the rewrite or at least until the download handling was refactored

[MuhammadImran2]

ok @TobiGr

[opusforlife2]

@MuhammadImran2 Still, I'm assigning this to you so we can keep track of this for later.

[MuhammadImran2]

ok

[opusforlife2]

@MuhammadImran2 ?

[MuhammadImran2]

sorry friend mistakenly click on unAssignees but please assign me thank you

[MuhammadImran2]

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