Allow install on external memory card

[Gitoffthelawn]

Can you set the flag to allow it to be installed on an external memory card?

[theScrabi]

Nop, we had that problem before. Until we re write the whole downloading thing, it will not be possible to use external storage. The build in download manager of android prevents that.

[Gitoffthelawn]

Interesting. So NewPipe is currently using the built-in Android download manager, and anything that uses it cannot be stored on external storage?

[theScrabi]

As far as I know yes. It depends on the android version. Newer one locked down the external memory. We already have our own build in download manager, but I deactivated it because its garbage right now.

[Gitoffthelawn]

Thanks for the details. Perhaps you will be able to allow it to be moved to external storage in the future. Fortunately, it's still a relatively small app at ~8MB.

[mauriciocolli]

@theScrabi he's talking about this flag android:installLocation, to move the app itself to the sdcard.

And we should allow the users to do that.

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[Gitoffthelawn]

Can what @mauriciocolli proposed by implemented?