Storage Chooser !News

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A pretty and simple directory chooser and file picker library for 4.4+ devices. This library was created to be included in OpenGApps App. There are too many storage chooser out there but this one is too materially 😛 . Easy to implement and does not take a lot of your valueable time in setting-up all the other necessary things that every developer seeks, like

• saving path to sharedPreference
• event when path is selected and act upon that path
• and much more.

There are also some really nice features that I thought would come in handy:

• You show a quick overview of the storages present and their memory available before choosing so that users know which storage to choose.
• you can choose between sheet and sleek layouts.
• Inline create folder view (not another dialog to handle)
• Full localization. I mean literally every strings can be localized to your desired language.
• Memory thresholding - a restriction or a toast that it shows when user's memory is less than your defined memory of operations.
• and more will be added soon.

Installation

Add this to your root build.gradle file under repositories:

allprojects {
	repositories {
		maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
	}
}

Add this to your app level build.gradle as dependency:

com.github.codekidX:storage-chooser:2.0.4.4

Add this to your gradle.properties file:

android.enableJetifier=true
android.useAndroidX=true

Android 10 News

You can currently use this library on Android 10 devices by adding android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true" to your AndroidManifest.xml. The release of 3.0 was to happen by December 2019 but was put to hold in light of new situations and re-evaluation of what is more important to this library, features? stability? future-ready?.

There is an implementation of SAF going on in inline-3.0 branch and would surface in this release as a breaking change.

Notes

In order to save state between orientation, storage-chooser requires you to add this to AndroidManifest.xml activity tag

Before you implement this library here are some notes that you can follow to avoid errors.

android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize"

Confirm:

• You have asked for Runtime Permission from the user in the past to avoid read errors.
• Permissions with "READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" and "WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" is enough for this library to work.
• This library follows same color scheme as that of the parent app to maintain the aesthetic of the parent app. See the color scheme section below

Implementation

Simple Type

• Let's you toggle between internal/external root directory.

// Initialize Builder
StorageChooser chooser = new StorageChooser.Builder()
.withActivity(MainActivity.this)
.withFragmentManager(getFragmentManager())
.withMemoryBar(true)
.build();

// Show dialog whenever you want by
chooser.show();

// get path that the user has chosen
chooser.setOnSelectListener(new StorageChooser.OnSelectListener() {
    @Override
    public void onSelect(String path) {
        Log.e("SELECTED_PATH", path);
    }
});

OUTPUT: /storage/emulated/0

Pre-defined Type

• Let's you append a specific path to the root of internal or external directory.

// --- ADD --
.withPredefinedPath(STATIC_PATH)

OUTPUT: /storage/emulated/0/Downloads/CodekidLabs

Custom Type

• Let's your user choose custom directory/file.

Directory Chooser

// --- ADD ---
.allowCustomPath(true)
.setType(StorageChooser.DIRECTORY_CHOOSER)

File Picker

// --- ADD ---
.allowCustomPath(true)
.setType(StorageChooser.FILE_PICKER)

Save directly to preference

// --- ADD ---
.actionSave(true)
.withPreference(sharedPreferences)

Get path from preference

String path = sharedPreferences.getString(DiskUtil.SC_PREFERENCE_KEY,"");

(2.0+) Multiselect

It's already in there you don't need to write any special code for it. Just make sure your type of chooser is of type FILE_PICKER. builder.setType(StorageChooser.FILE_PICKER);

More information

• A Look at StorageChooser.Theme.
• Localizing your chooser with Content

License

This project is licensed with the Mozilla Public License v2.

In practice, you can use this library as-is, with a notification of it being used. If you make any changes, you are required to publish your changes under a compatible license.

Contributing

Branch status:

You can contribute to this library by creating a pull request.