Open Failed: EACCES(Pemission Denied) in Android 11

Question

While trying to upload a file from internal storage am getting an Exception for open failed: EACCES Denied . I have added android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"

if (SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M && ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(getContext(),
        READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)
        != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
    ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(getActivity(), new String[]{READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE},
            EXTERNAL_STORAGE_PERMISSION_CODE);
    ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(getActivity(), new String[]{ACTION_MANAGE_ALL_FILES_ACCESS_PERMISSION},1);
    requestPermission();
    //startActivity(new Intent(Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_APP_ALL_FILES_ACCESS_PERMISSION, Uri.parse("package:${BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID}")));
    return;
}

Answer 1

In Android 10 and 11, you've to use Scoped Storage to access files. But, if you set android:requestLegacyExternalStorage to true , then you can work with the previous methods of accessing storage in Android 10.

For Android 11, you've to set targetSDKVersion as 29 , not 30 to make android:requestLegacyExternalStorage work as mentioned in the below image, Reference - Storage updates in Android 11 .

So, in your build.gradle (app), set targetSdkVersion 29 or go withScoped Storage .