Open zim-file on external USB-Stick (Android 14)

[Ohm66]

Same issue like in closed issue 3304 (#3304 (comment)).

Cannot open zim-File on USB-Stick. I can see "+" symbol, I can see the file, but clicking at the file says "no zim file existing".
Samsung S23 with Android 14, tested with repository apk and also with different nightly build from last weeks.

Thanks for support
Regards Ohm

[MohitMaliFtechiz]

@kelson42, @Ohm66 Our maximum SDK version is 33 (Android 13) and we have not tested this functionality on Android 14, We have a ticket for adapting the Android 14 #3478. We will fix this issue while adapting the Android 14.

[Ohm66]

To be honest, I also had the issue again before I upgraded to Android 14.
Obviously anything happened between August 2023 and now ...
Let's see, what will happen if you upgrade the SDK. When have you planned it?

[MohitMaliFtechiz]

@Ohm66 We will do it in the next milestone.

[kelson42]

Will maybe create a 3.8.1 just to add android14 support

[Ohm66]

😀thanks! I will check if USB Zim will run...

[heschdy]

For me it is also not working with the 3.8.1

[MohitMaliFtechiz]

@heschdy Are you using an Android 13 or below device? If you are using an Android 14 device then wait for some time we will add support for Android 14.

[MohitMaliFtechiz]

We should wait for openzim/libzim#852 to be implemented in libzim, this will allow us to open the file via the fd of the selected ZIM file that we have selected via file picker(Storage access framework), After implementing openzim/libzim#852 we will able to open the file via the available fd and we will not require to get the path for the USB-Stick(It is the ideal solution for file picker functionality to properly support the all android version since android provides the access to that file via fd without any additional steps), which is causing the error here on Samsung's latest devices (especially on Android 14 because on newer devices Android encourage to use SAF inside of getting files via filePath for security purpose).