Access to the download directory

[AriSilva]

Hi folks,
As I understood, using Android 11 there is no way to access files from external directories, but the ones in the SD card through the CSEntryExternal keyword.
Is there a way to access the download copmmon folder as in
File file = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS);
Best
Ari

[Gregory Martin]

Have you tried?

pathname(Downloads)

[AriSilva]

Hi Greg,
Sorry to take so long to answer.
In fact I did not try it, I did not know it even existed that possibility.
Is it a double way access in the sense that I can GET and/or PUT some file there?
Best
Ari

[Gregory Martin]

You should be able to. It's one of the few directories that Android makes available to all applications.