Nicer way to enter path to put the collection

[hssm]

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 2217

In the prefs, you can specify the path where AD stores the collection, e.g. to put it
on an external SD-card. Currently you have to type in the path via keyboard. 

It would be nice to use some kind of GUI directory picker.

The way to go seems to be to launch the user’s preferred file browser, if there is
one, and to add a simple file browser to AD as a fallback.
Maybe this one
https://github.com/iPaulPro/aFileChooser
could be used for that. Maybe there are nicer ones out there.

Is this feature available on similar apps (Anki Desktop, AnkiMobile,
AnyMemo, etc) ? If yes, it could help to include a screenshot or link to a
page explaining the feature.

Anki desktop is using standard OS file dialogs all the time…

Reported by ospalh on 2014-07-31 09:43:47

[hssm]

Yeah it would be nice if someone has motivation

Reported by perceptualchaos2 on 2014-08-01 02:29:33

• Status changed: Accepted
• Labels added: Priority-Medium
• Labels removed: Priority-Undecided

[hssm]

For the record, if someone implements this, they can remove the integrity check I added
recently because I couldn't be bothered doing it properly as suggested by ospalh:

https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/pull/429/files

Reported by perceptualchaos2 on 2014-08-19 09:01:37

[mikehardy]

Could be part of #4932 - or a PR following

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[david-allison]

I'd like to keep this open - losing your collection is/was a large reason for bad reviews, and if we can help, then it's /much/ better for the user experience.

I also want this as a dev, because I have made hundreds of test collections