From 7b373f10ced8cce4fbea3c8cc314f2aab1a6e9da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kristian Korsgaard <kk@tinymobilerobots.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 12:01:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "fix(android): Request external read permission when
 listing external directories (#487)"

This reverts commit a56ab1eb890e4a6a7f0ff5aac42165593f1a5a4c.
---
 README.md                  |  4 +---
 plugin.xml                 |  3 +++
 src/android/FileUtils.java | 25 ++++---------------------
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3bf3ebd9..ae47fa3a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ the `cordova.file.*` properties map to physical paths on a real device.
 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`cache`                       | cacheDirectory              | cache                     | r/w  |     Yes     |     Yes\* |   Yes   |
 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`files`                       | dataDirectory               | files                     | r/w  |     Yes     |     No    |   Yes   |
 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`Documents` |                             | documents                 | r/w  |     Yes     |     No    |   Yes   |
-| `<sdcard>/`                                     | externalRootDirectory       | sdcard                    | r/w\*\*\*  |     Yes     |     No    |   No    |
+| `<sdcard>/`                                     | externalRootDirectory       | sdcard                    | r/w  |     Yes     |     No    |   No    |
 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`Android/data/<app-id>/`      | externalApplicationStorageDirectory | -                 | r/w  |     Yes     |     No    |   No    |
 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`cache`     | externalCacheDirectory       | cache-external            | r/w  |     Yes     |     No\*\*|   No    |
 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`files`     | externalDataDirectory       | files-external            | r/w  |     Yes     |     No    |   No    |
@@ -173,8 +173,6 @@ the `cordova.file.*` properties map to physical paths on a real device.
      the contents yourself. Should the user purge the cache manually, the contents of the
      directory are removed.
 
-\*\*\* As of API 30, these directories are no longer writable.
-
 **Note**: If external storage can't be mounted, the `cordova.file.external*`
 properties are `null`.
 
diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 0a2ee724..2eec461c 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ to config.xml in order for the application to find previously stored files.
             </feature>
             <allow-navigation href="cdvfile:*" />
         </config-file>
+        <edit-config file="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml" mode="merge" target="/manifest/application">
+            <application android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true" />
+        </edit-config>
         <config-file target="AndroidManifest.xml" parent="/*">
             <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
         </config-file>
diff --git a/src/android/FileUtils.java b/src/android/FileUtils.java
index c2b1ca00..cd2a3383 100644
--- a/src/android/FileUtils.java
+++ b/src/android/FileUtils.java
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ public class FileUtils extends CordovaPlugin {
     public static final int ACTION_GET_FILE = 0;
     public static final int ACTION_WRITE = 1;
     public static final int ACTION_GET_DIRECTORY = 2;
-    public static final int ACTION_READ_ENTRIES = 3;
 
     public static final int WRITE = 3;
     public static final int READ = 4;
@@ -286,7 +285,6 @@ public boolean execute(String action, final String rawArgs, final CallbackContex
         if (action.equals("testSaveLocationExists")) {
             threadhelper(new FileOp() {
                 public void run(JSONArray args) {
-                    
                     boolean b = DirectoryManager.testSaveLocationExists();
                     callbackContext.sendPluginResult(new PluginResult(PluginResult.Status.OK, b));
                 }
@@ -545,16 +543,10 @@ public void run(JSONArray args) throws JSONException, NoModificationAllowedExcep
         }
         else if (action.equals("readEntries")) {
             threadhelper( new FileOp( ){
-                public void run(JSONArray args) throws FileNotFoundException, JSONException, MalformedURLException, IOException {
-                    String directory = args.getString(0);
-                    String nativeURL = resolveLocalFileSystemURI(directory).getString("nativeURL");
-                    if (needPermission(nativeURL, READ)) {
-                        getReadPermission(rawArgs, ACTION_READ_ENTRIES, callbackContext);
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        JSONArray entries = readEntries(directory);
-                        callbackContext.success(entries);
-                    }
+                public void run(JSONArray args) throws FileNotFoundException, JSONException, MalformedURLException {
+                    String fname=args.getString(0);
+                    JSONArray entries = readEntries(fname);
+                    callbackContext.success(entries);
                 }
             }, rawArgs, callbackContext);
         }
@@ -1244,15 +1236,6 @@ public void run(JSONArray args) throws JSONException, FileNotFoundException, IOE
                         }
                     }, req.getRawArgs(), req.getCallbackContext());
                     break;
-                case ACTION_READ_ENTRIES:
-                    threadhelper( new FileOp( ){
-                        public void run(JSONArray args) throws FileNotFoundException, JSONException, MalformedURLException {
-                            String fname=args.getString(0);
-                            JSONArray entries = readEntries(fname);
-                            req.getCallbackContext().success(entries);
-                        }
-                    }, req.getRawArgs(), req.getCallbackContext());
-                    break;
             }
         } else {
            LOG.d(LOG_TAG, "Received permission callback for unknown request code");