Conversations: Pictures taken by Conversations are stored on internal storage, camera is configured for SD card

[Edcrfv248]

General information

• Version: 2.2.28+fcr
• Device: Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo (SM-G903F)
• Android Version: Android 6.0.1 Stock
• Server name: jabber.ccc.de
• Server software: unkown
• Installed server modules: unknown
• Conversations source: F-Droid

Steps to reproduce

1. Take picture directly from Conversations
2. Picture is stored in [InternalStorage]\DCIM\Camera
3. Picture taken by normal camera app is stored in [extsdcard]\DCIM\Camera

Expected result

Pictures taken from Conversations should be stored in same folder as camera app

Actual result

Pictures are stored on internal storage, camera is configured for extsdcard

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Thank you very much for this great piece of software :)

Kind regards
Steve

[licaon-kter]

Picture is stored in \DCIM\Camera
Picture taken by normal camera app is stored in \DCIM\Camera

Umm, edit this ^^^^^^^^^

[Edcrfv248]

square brackets are better than greater/less signs ;)

[licaon-kter]

eh Markdown flavour of the month...

[eku]

Pictures taken from Conversations should be stored in same folder as camera app

Well, it depends. I would expect that pictures are not stored in public but app private folder.

[licaon-kter]

@eku Media is not stored stored in the app private folder but in /sdcard/Conversations/ anyway. You want Conversations to delete the picture from <>/Camera/ ? I'm not sure that's what the user expects.

[eku]

@licaon-kter I don't want other Apps to access pictures only taken for/within Conversations. That's my understanding of privacy. Conversations should implement privacy by default (GDPR).

[licaon-kter]

I understand, but why do you use apps that you don't trust, apps that scan and access your sdcard?

[ChaosKid42]

@eku @licaon-kter Actually Conversations can be compiled to behave just like eku wants:
https://github.com/siacs/Conversations/blob/master/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/Config.java#L108

[licaon-kter]

I understand.

How do I share a file from Conversations then?

[ChaosKid42]

@licaon-kter Long press on image, share with?

[licaon-kter]

Wait....see, I got an image on my old account about a year ago, it was in a MUC that we closed, that account was disabled for a while and now deleted.

Ok, long press where exactly?

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Sorry' I couldn't help my self, it was a trap ;)

This thing needs more consideration than opening an issue and demanding it.

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So media (photos/video) need a gallery (#1047)
All the other filetypes need a file manager integrated in Conversations?

Also these need to be fixed too: #2285 and #1540 and #2440

/LE: How do other messenger treat this? IIRC, they do the same, so billions of users expect the same.

[iNPUTmice]

The camera app can not be told to use its default storage location.