Cannot Change Location For Downloads On Android

Posted : admin | On 26-04-2021

I haven't retested this for a few months, so hopefully it still works...

May 13, 2015 The download process of Outlook for Android is not really downloading the file completely. As you can noticed that it's under the.tmp folder which stands for Temporary folder. This is to avoid eating up storage for your phone. I have tried to replicate your issue and I found a workaround. Download the attachment from your email and open the file.
But there is nothing stopping you or anyone from making your own browser application that uses a different folder by default, or even asks the user to set their own choice of download folder. I think the firefox app uses sdcard/downloads/ instead of download, they may have a setting in there that lets you change that also.
Some different libraries of a single app can take a lot of space and, as well, confuse the system. This can be the cause of issues like Application Cannot be Installed In The Default Location on Android devices. To use this method, you will need a root explorer or a file browser. All you have to do is to compare 2 different directories.

Changing the download location on Firefox for Android requires a visit to the about:config preferences editor. You have to change two different settings to make this work. First, you need to know the folder path you want to use. An app like ES File Explorer File Manager will be helpful if you do not have a file manager. Nov 15, 2017 To set the Android SDK location, enter the full path of the Android SDK directory into the Android SDK Location box. You can select the Android SDK folder in the Finder, press CTRL+⌘+I to view folder info, click and drag the path to the right of Where:, copy, then paste it to the Android SDK Location box in the Locations tab.

Changing the download location on Firefox for Android requires a visit to the about:config preferences editor. You have to change two different settings to make this work.

First, you need to know the folder path you want to use. An app like ES File Explorer File Manager will be helpful if you do not have a file manager.

(1) Open a new tab to about:config (type about:config in the Awesomebar and tap the go arrow or tap Enter).

You may want to bookmark this for easier future access.

(2) In the search box, type down and pause while Firefox filters the list

(3) Scroll down to browser.download.folderList and tap the preference. Up and down controls should appear. Tap up to change the value from 1 to 2.

(3) Scroll back up and tap the large '+' button to the left of the search box to add a new setting

(A) The name of the preference should be browser.download.dir (this stores the last used directory)

(B) On the right side, tap Boolean and in the popup change it to String

(D) Then click Create (if you are too slow, it may clear and you might have to start again)

If you switch back to your other tab and download something, it should go to the new folder.

Any luck?

When you try to download a file, are you getting an error message?

By default, Firefox for Android will use the Android Downloads folder as its default download location. You can change this as follows.