Playing Local Video Files gives Missing Storage Exception on v0.24 (fdroid build)

[ShareASmile]

First of all Thanks for very fluent and light on resources video player. I appreciate your work on the app and like using it. However after updating app to v0.24 from fdroid I cannot play videos from Phone Sd Card Storage or External Sd Card. App v0.24 giving Storage Permission Denied Exception (Error Screenshot attached with).

Version 0.16 (fdroid) had played videos fine stored in Phone Sd Card storage as well as External Memory Card.

Device Samsung J2Pro J210F
Android 6.0.1

I Don't want to use Online version & want to rely on installations from fdroid only for secure & easy updates.

[moneytoo]

How do you open/select these videos? Do you use the file chooser from within Just Player or do you select/launch it from other app (file manager)?

[ShareASmile]

Thanks for responding so quickly.

I mostly select/launch videos through Samsung Phone File Manager. I mostly download study videos & play them one by one by opening through Samsung File Manager & delete them afterwards. Just Player is my currently set default video player. Version 0.16 had no problems using app this way.

[ShareASmile]

On further testing I noticed above error only with:-

1:- with Videos in Folders having .nomedia file like WhatsApp>Media>WhatsAppVideos>Sent
2:- With Videos in Hidden Folders with name starting with . For example { .Statuses } folder of WhatsApp.
@moneytoo Appologies for not thoroughly testing before creating issue.

[DennisTheMenace81]

Hi
I'm also have the exactly same issue, I like to use this player out of kodi 19. I downloaded the xbmc wrapper app and selected the just player as player in kodi. When I open a video in kodi the just player starts, but it gives me an error and the video don't start

Error
Com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.FileDataSource$FileDataSourceExeption:java.io.FileNotFoundExeption: /storage/Ea79-0417/videos/video.mkv:
Open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)

Isn't it possible to use this app out of kodi, using the xbmc wrapper?

[moneytoo]

1:- with Videos in Folders having .nomedia file like WhatsApp>Media>WhatsAppVideos>Sent

This works for me as I use 3rd party file manager (Solid Explorer). I will eventually check that on older Samsung but I'm afraid that this is the same issue as #7. Use either the online version (to grant read storage permission manually) or other file manager.

Isn't it possible to use this app out of kodi, using the xbmc wrapper?

If the xmbc wrapper doesn't properly pass the read permission (or you're using Android TV which does't use Storage Access Framework), use the online version and manually grant Just Player read storage permission from the App Info screen.

[DennisTheMenace81]

😃👍 cool it worked
Thanks a lot for the fast response
I send you a small donation worth of 10€ to your bitcoin address.
Thanks for your work and that Player that can play dolby vision on my ugoos device

[ShareASmile]

@moneytoo There should be a way to play requested video flawlessly in such case by Offline flavour itself
Either by Requesting READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission {only in such cases when needed} lika Toast message to grant READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE instead of Error Toast on Such Errors.

[moneytoo]

@moneytoo There should be a way to play requested video flawlessly in such case by Offline flavour itself
Either by Requesting READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission {only in such cases when needed} lika Toast message to grant READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE instead of Error Toast on Such Errors.

I thought about this but decided that instead adding more code, what should be fixed is the root cause - apps not working properly with Storage Access Framework (API available since Android 4.4). This app is basically just an example/demo player of how strict an app can be. (The lack of permissions also actually appeals to some folks.) There are plenty of other apps implementing all the workarounds.

[moneytoo]

Duplicate of #7