asked 2017-07-19 14:31:40 +0200
hi Sailors - wanting to attach a PDF, whatsapp presents a 'documents' folder hidden somewhere in a jungle. It does not seem to be my jolla sailfish documents folder but it's equivalent in alein-dalvik. How to navigate to there, from whatsapp's documents selector? thanks.
answered 2017-07-19 14:46:52 +0200
Navigate there in Whatsapp won't work, because usually Android-apps can't access the whole file system.
As a workaround, just copy your files to the WA-Documents folder.
Possibility 1:
use File Browser*
got to /home/nemo/Documents
copy your file
and insert it in /home/nemo/android_storage/WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp Documents/
Possibility 2:
use Terminal with ...
cp -uv /home/nemo/Documents/Yourfile.pdf /home/nemo/android_storage/WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp Documents/
*also available in the Jolla store
**-uv isn't mandatory
answered 2017-09-27 18:48:01 +0200
Yet another possibility :
Install Alien Dalvik Control by coderus (which now has the functionality formely provided by his older Android Share UI plugin, now deprecated).
You need to go through 2 cascading menus :
But works perfectly from any Sailfish app (document viewer, gallery, file explorer) without you needing to move files around with file managers.
answered 2017-07-20 17:48:32 +0200
I have installed a file explorer from android like ES file explorer. Or you may try copying files from sailfish location to whatsapp folder.
Asked: 2017-07-19 14:31:40 +0200
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