breautek commented on issue #577: URL: https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file/issues/577#issuecomment-1636201191
I still need to do more research on the implications on removing support for external storage when it comes to other plugins like the camera plugin that kinda uses external storage to some fashion (not that the file plugin works well to begin with in this area) but I feel like removing external support on the file plugin is going to end up being the best path forward, which leaves the file plugin purely for internal storage only, which still has a fully functional filesystem API on Android. For use cases involving external storage, a different plugin will work much better, since it can have an API more tailored to the MediaStore interface, like the `cordova-plugin-saf-mediastore` for example. Once I understand what kind of problems will arise to dependent Apache plugins if the external storage support is removed, I'll open a topic on the [Dev Mailing List](https://cordova.apache.org/contact/) for a more formal community vote on the subject, since it will be a fairly large change. Only thing is... I don't use any external storage stuff at my day job, so I don't have much of an excuse to do allocate work time on this. So this is strictly volunteer time on my part, and well lately I've been pretty burnt out. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
