Restoring topics or settings from backup doesn't work

[shadow00]

Just tried to backup and restore the topics and settings from the app (v1.11.0 from F-Droid) on an Android 8.1 device. The backup worked fine (even though the app didn't have storage permissions?), but restoring from backup doesn't work because the system's file picker doesn't allow selecting any file (even after giving the app the storage permission and making a new backup).

[binwiederhier]

Must be a problem with an older Android version. I'll check it out. Thanks for reporting.

[binwiederhier]

I can reproduce this on a SDK 24 device. I hope there is an easy-ish solution:

[binwiederhier]

solved in binwiederhier/ntfy-android@400f72a -- Will be in next release

[shadow00]

Well that was quick! :D

[binwiederhier]

For some bugs there are very pragmatic solutions. I think newer Android versions automatically detect the mime type, which is why it worked on newer versions. I can set the mime type on write, but then it's unclear what happens when you copy the backup file from somewhere else. So the pragmatic approach is to just allow selecting any file...