zhanghai / zhanghai/MaterialFiles

"Save as" action being offered when trying to "Explore" a USB disk

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Description

To reproduce

  1. Insert a USB disk and press the "Explore" button.

Notification panel showing a USB disk available with actions for Explore and Eject

  1. Choose Material Files to handle it (in the "Use another app" section). Notice that its action is "Save as".

Dialog asking which app to use to handle this action

Instead of mounting and opening the USB disk, Material Files will try to save a file named as the device UUID to your internal storage:

Material Files offering to save a file

System info

  • Motorola Moto G32 (devon)
  • CalyxOS 5.14.2
  • Material Files 1.7.4 (39) installed from F-Droid.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

No source file or test is named. Reproduce the USB “Explore” flow on Android, then trace the entry point that handles the selected Material Files action and compare it with the expected mount-and-open behavior. Done means choosing Material Files opens the USB disk instead of offering “Save as” to internal storage.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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