What's New in Shared Storage for Android Q

Explore the new storage permission model introduced in Android Q through this 32-minute conference talk from Google I/O 2019. Discover how to implement the updated model that focuses on granting apps access to device media. Learn about the impact on common use cases like sharing files between apps, understand what belongs in Media Store, and see code examples for open file descriptors and relative path columns. Dive into practical demonstrations covering discovery, editing items, and location metadata. Gain insights on scoped storage and its implementation in Android Q, presented by speakers Jeff Sharkey and Seb Grubb from the Android Developers team.

What is shared storage
Current storage situation
Storage in Android Q
What belongs in Media Store
Code example
Open file descriptor
Relative path column
Get external volume names
Example
Discovery
Demo
Editing items
Location Metadata
In Action
Scoped Storage