I am requesting permission to access data and this works fine (checked in the settings - storage permission is granted when user clicks allow)
I found one user who got this to work by setting api lvl to 28 but Google now requires api 29 to upload to play store.
Since I’m on UE 4.19 I had to use provided NDK and SDK. Since this is nkd-r12 i couldn’t compile for api 29. So I downloaded ndk-r20 and added api levels 25-29 to sdk. This enabled me to build and upload to Play Store but I guess there are some protocols or code missing. My ant is 1.8.2 and java is 1.8.0_77
having same problem, tried with ExternalFilesDir checked … still can’t save, im at that point where im considering to just add a CHEAT button that just unlocks all the levels and be done with mobile games forever
Are you setting in your project settings the android permission for allowing storage? I forget the exact name of it. I was having trouble with my game on android until I added it to the project settings AND did a dynamic check using blueprint nodes. Also may need external storage permission, IDK.
Honestly I don’t know why I didn’t put that info in this question but yes. I am requesting permissions for storage and although I had problems with this I managed to resolve them. There is a chance something in my solution is making the problem so here is the tread where I explain how I made my storage permission thing work:
Unfortunately I didn’t have more time on the project to explore this issue. I left the game as it was with a note that save game doesn’t work
I would guess this problem could be easily solved by a few lines of code but I never found an example and I’m not good with C++ to solve it quickly myself (plus it would need to be tested on mobile). Doing save-games with Python would be easy (granted it works on mobile) so I don’t see why it should be complicated in C++ but as I said I just didn’t have enough time to develop and test it or search for the solution.
To conclude since I didn’t see this question pop up on the hub I am confused… After granting permissions it should just work… It’s still a mystery for me and I wish someone knowledgeable could answer it.
Android 11 does not support any way to save files on runtime internally/externally for Unreal Packages unless there is an update by Epic tweaking the Permissions. Thats what I can confirm today.
