Environment.IsExternalStorageLegacy Property
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Returns whether the shared/external storage media is a legacy view that includes files not owned by the app.
public static bool IsExternalStorageLegacy { [Android.Runtime.Register("isExternalStorageLegacy", "()Z", "", ApiSince=29)] get; }[<get: Android.Runtime.Register("isExternalStorageLegacy", "()Z", "", ApiSince=29)>]
static member IsExternalStorageLegacy : boolProperty Value
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Returns whether the shared/external storage media is a legacy view that includes files not owned by the app.
This value may be different from the value requested by requestLegacyExternalStorage in the app's manifest, since an app may inherit its legacy state based on when it was first installed, target sdk and other factors.
Non-legacy apps can continue to discover and read media belonging to other apps via android.provider.MediaStore.
Java documentation for android.os.Environment.isExternalStorageLegacy().
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