love.filesystem does not work on Android 6.0+

[Macsek]

Hello everyone!

I'm trying to make an autoupdater for my game to simplify the testing/distribution process for my games. It works quite well on Android 5.0 and below but it doesnt want to work on android 6.0+

here is the bit of code that manages the download/run part:

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 local body, code = http.request("mydomain/game.love")
    if not body then error(code) end
    file = love.filesystem.newFile( "game.love" )
    file:open("w")
    file:write(body)
    file:close()

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love.filesystem.mount('game.love', '')
            package.loaded.main = nil
            package.loaded.conf = nil
            love.conf = nil
            love.init()
            love.load(args)

The download part does not throw an error but when i try to load it the app just resets so i assume there is nothing on the storage.
Does anyone have a similar problem?

Also i cannot open the /data directory in Android to check if there is something in it or not...

Thanks in advance.

[zorg]

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 local body, code = http.request("mydomain/game.love")
    if not body then error(code) end
    file = love.filesystem.newFile( "game.love" )
    file:open("w")
    file:write(body)
    file:close()

The download part does not throw an error but when i try to load it the app just resets so i assume there is nothing on the storage.
Does anyone have a similar problem?

Also i cannot open the /data directory in Android to check if there is something in it or not...

Thanks in advance.

Hi!

Exactly why can't you open the data directory?
If you lack a file manager, then get Total commander for android and look for it with that. (if it works on 6.x, i only have 3.x, 4.x and 5.x droid devices sadly)

[Macsek]

Ugh after some figthing with android sdk/ndk the fix on the bitbucket worked:

https://bitbucket.org/MartinFelis/love- ... -android-6

I still don't know why i cant see anything in any of love's directories i'm using Amaze File Explorer from F-Droid.