Storage updates in Android 11 - hippogamesunity/PixelStudioHub GitHub Wiki

Refer to Storage updates in Android 11 for more info. Here are some important changes that will affect Pixel Studio users:

• Android 11 (API level 30) further enhances the platform, giving better protection to app and user data on external storage.
• Starting in Android 11, apps that use the scoped storage model can access only their own app-specific cache files.
• Starting in Android 11, apps cannot create their own app-specific directory on external storage.

Pixel Studio for Android uses DCIM/Pixel Studio as a working folder, which is now considered as an app-specific directory on external storage and is not allowed anymore. Thus, we have to migrate to the directory that the system provides for the app. Starting from version 3.51 and up to 3.56, Pixel Studio will ask you to confirm the app folder migration from DCIM/Pixel Studio to the app specific directory. You can see the full path when opening the app storage from the main menu (it may look like /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.PixelStudio/files).

Notes:

• Your original files will stay in DCIM, they will be copied to the app specific (scoped) directory.
• Other apps can't access scoped storage of Pixel Studio (including gallery/photo apps and file managers).
• Scoped storage is deleted when the app is uninstalled, so be careful.
• You can access scoped storage from PC.

What if you'll ignore migration? With upcoming Android updates Pixel Studio may lose access to DCIM/Pixel Studio directory. The app will switch to the internal (persistent) directory in this case. Anyway, you'll be able to find and move your projects using any file manager app.