2023-10-02, 23:05
If you set up Kodi on the new 4KMax stick you'll see that Amazon's Android 11 aka Fire OS 8.1, is missing the "Allow management of all files" permissions setting for Kodi that you see on Android TV devices. This setting must be toggled on in order for Kodi to read the /sdcard/xbmc_env.properties file that allows you to relocate Kodi's data files.
A workaround is to open the adb shell window and at the "karat:/$" prompt paste the following command:
appops set --uid org.xbmc.kodi MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE allow
After this Kodi will properly read xbmc_env.properties. I'll have new code to automate this in an upcoming release.
(It may be that the setting is buried somewhere in Amazon's GUI and I haven't located it yet.)
A workaround is to open the adb shell window and at the "karat:/$" prompt paste the following command:
appops set --uid org.xbmc.kodi MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE allow
After this Kodi will properly read xbmc_env.properties. I'll have new code to automate this in an upcoming release.
(It may be that the setting is buried somewhere in Amazon's GUI and I haven't located it yet.)
