# Codename One Shared Files Library

DevFeed: [Codename One Shared Files Library](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/codename-one-shared-files-library-19261.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.codenameone.com/blog/codename-one-shared-files-library/>)

Author: Steve Hannah

Published: 2023-07-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [CodeName One](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/codename-one.md>)

Topics: [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Filesystems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/filesystems.md>), [Maven](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maven.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applications.md>), [files](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/files.md>), [installation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/installation.md>), [library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/library.md>), [version-4-4](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/version-4-4.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial introducing the Codename One Shared Files Library, which wraps Android's shared files API so Codename One apps can read and write files accessible to other applications. It explains Storage Access Framework usage, file and directory access, bookmarking for persistent access, and Maven installation.

## Source excerpt

This library provides a wrapper over the Android shared files API to allow your Codename One apps to read and write shared files (i.e. files accessible to other apps).