I'm not an Android developer, but I think they've introduced SAF (Storage Access...

icebraining on Feb 21, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Does My Remote Control Need to Know My Locatio...

I'm not an Android developer, but I think they've introduced SAF (Storage Access Framework) in 4.4 just for those cases; the app just asks the user for a specific file or directory, which is selected using the system's UI.