How to Access Downloads Folder in Android

how to access downloads folder in android?

For your first question try

Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS); 

(available since API 8)

To access individual files in this directory use either File.list() or File.listFiles().
Seems that reporting download progress is only possible in notification, see here.

How to get access to files in download directory in Android App

It seems that adding

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

is not sufficient. Now I additionally request this permission on runtime with following code:

String[] requiredPermissions = { Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE };    
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, requiredPermissions, 0);

and it works again :)

Is it possible to programmatically access Download folder on Android Q (SDK = 29)?

Is it possible to list the .txt downloaded files programmatically in Android Q (SDK >= 29)?

Not ones created by other apps, which would appear to be your intention.

The closest is if you use ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE and ask the user to open the Downloads/ tree on external storage... and you cannot do that on Android R (at least through DP1).

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