Tauri-fs

Playground to test Tauri storage handling on Android. Further information in article: https://philrich.dev/tauri-fs-android/

Quick Start

Install dependencies:

pnpm install

Install android-studio on yor system: https://developer.android.com/studio Install ndk within android-studio: Settings > Languages & Frameworks > SDK Tools

Set the NDK_HOME, ANDROID_HOME PATH variables (ANDROID_HOME is seen in Settings > Languages & Frameworks):

export ANDROID_HOME=YOUR_PATH/Android/sdk
export PATH=$ANDROID_HOME/cmdline-tools/latest/bin:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools:$PATH

export NDK_HOME=$ANDROID_HOME/ndk/29.0.13113456
export PATH=$PATH:$NDK_HOME

Initialize Android project:

pnpm tauri android init

Add permissions to android manifest: ./src-tauri/gen/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
+   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
+   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />