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* Which Android Beta build are you using? See Settings > About phone > Build number (for example PPP5.180610.010).
   
google/sailfish/sailfish:Q/QPP2.190228.023/5433927:user/release-keys

    * Is this a regression from P to Q?

Yes.

    * What device are you using? (for example, Pixel XL)

Pixel

    * What are the steps to reproduce the problem? (Please provide the minimal reproducible test case.)

Step #1: UnZIP the attached project and import it into Android Studio (tested using 3.4)

Step #2: Run the legacyfile app and confirm that it shows a Toast indicating that files were written -- these will be a test.txt and a QStorage2/test2.txt file in the root of external storage

Step #3: Glance at the code and see that in MainActiviy.kt we are using MediaScannerConnection to index these files

Step #4: With a USB cable plugged in, enable file sharing mode

Step #5: In your desktop file manager, visit the device and its "Internal shared storage" volume

Step #6: Notice that neither test.txt nor QStorage2/test2.txt appear

Step #7: Reboot the device, in hopes that maybe, just maybe, a reboot will trigger a fresh index of external storage, including all files

Step #8: Wait a while after the reboot

Step #9: Repeat steps 4-6 and notice that you have the same results: the files are not visible

Step #10: Repeat steps 2-9 using the qfile app, which is the same app, but with a targetSdkVersion of Q, and notice that you get the same results: the files are not visible

    * Issue Category e.g. Framework (platform), NDK (platform), Hardware (CPU, GPU, Sensor, Camera), ART (platform), Runtime Permissions etc

Platform

    * What was the expected result?

For the user to somehow be able to get to the files that the app wrote to the root of external storage.

    * Can you provide the API document where this expected behavior is explained?

https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage?hl=en#filesExternal

    * What was the actual result?

The files do not show up.

Combined with https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/131154410, this means that users have no access to files written to the root of external storage, using other apps (including system apps like Files) or USB. This will break a significant number of apps, including ones that may not get updated.

   * Optional: Link to any screenshot(s) that demonstrate the issue (shared privately in Drive.)

Attached is a screenshot showing what we see on a Pixel for the root of external storage. Notice that neither test.txt nor QStorage2/test2.txt appear.