Request: allow to parse APK file without using File or file-path #16
Description
Use InputStream , DocumentFile or Uri instead.
The reason:
In the near future, Google will block storage permission, which requires developers to handle files outside of the scope of the current app, to use SAF instead of File and file-path.
More information here:
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/128591846
And yes, it's very devastating for many apps and libraries that need to access the files in a normal way. Even the Android framework isn't ready for it, as there are functions such as getPackageArchiveInfo (here) that uses a File or file-path, and have no other alternative.
If you want to test your solution without the storage permission and using just the InputStream, here (the app assumes there is a file named "a.apk" on the root path of the normal storage) :
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/132481545#comment5