[Question]Android scan folder for files

[SebastianSosa]

Question

Hi,

Given a folder path from a file picker, I would like to get all folders and files within this folder. I managed to do it on Windows, but not on Android (only folders are detected).

I tried os.scandir(), os.listdir() from os, and pathlib in the get_files_in_folder function. Could I please have some help? Please find below the app I am trying to run.

Code sample

import flet as ft
import os

import pathlib

def get_files_in_folder(page):
    # get all folders in folder path
    page.files={}
    for k in page.folder_path.keys():
        path = pathlib.Path(k)
        # Get all files and directories
        all_entries = [child.name for child in path.iterdir()]
        page.files[k] = all_entries
    page.update() 

def main(page: ft.Page):
    page.folder_path={}

    def pick_files_result(e: ft.FilePickerResultEvent, page = page):
        if e.path:
            page.folder_path[e.path] = e.path
            selected_path.value = f"path: {e.path}"

            get_files_in_folder(page)
            files_in_path.value = f"path: {page.files[e.path]}"
            page.update()
            
    pick_files_dialog = ft.FilePicker(on_result=pick_files_result)

    # Register the file picker with the page
    page.overlay.append(pick_files_dialog)

    floating_action_button = ft.FloatingActionButton(
        content=ft.Row(
            [ft.Icon(ft.icons.ADD)], alignment="center", spacing=5
        ),
        shape=ft.CircleBorder(),
        width=100,
        mini=True,
        on_click = lambda _: pick_files_dialog.get_directory_path()
    )    
    selected_path = ft.Text(value="No directory selected")
    files_in_path=ft.Text(value="No files")


    page.add(floating_action_button)
    page.add(selected_path)
    page.add(files_in_path)


# Run the Flet app
ft.app(target=main)

Error message

No response

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