Cannot read PDF, .Docx from Internal Storage using cordova.file.externalRootDirectory for Android 11

[ragul02]

Bug Report

Problem

Not able to read PDF and .Docx files from location file:///storage/emulated/0/Download/. Also not able to read files recursively inside directories, Returning array length of '0'.

What is expected to happen?

Should return all files under location file:///storage/emulated/0/Download/

What does actually happen?

Able to read only .jpeg, .gif, .mp3, ,mp4 files.

Information

Command or Code

listFilesinFolder(folderName) {
this.file.listDir(this.file.externalRootDirectory, 'Download'+'/').then((filesList) => {
console.log('filesList-->', filesList);
if (filesList.length !== 0) {
Promise.all(filesList.map(async (file) => {
if (file.isDirectory) {
console.log('Directory', file);
this.listFilesinFolder(file.fullPath.substring(1));
} else if (file.isFile === true) {
console.log('file', file);
}
}
})));
}

Environment, Platform, Device

Android 11

Version information

"@ionic-native/file": "^5.36.0",
"cordova-plugin-file": "^6.0.2",

Included below in config.xml:

[ragul02]

Included below in config.xml:

<preference name="AndroidPersistentFileLocation" value="Internal" />
  <edit-config file="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml" mode="merge" target="/manifest/application" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
            <application android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config" />
            <application android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true" android:usesCleartextTraffic="true" />
        </edit-config>

[edvenkat]

@ragul02 - i have tried but not working. any other idea

[subranil]

Does anyone have solution for that