Permissions management

The program allows you to store your project data and results files in the private extended memory of the program or in the public extended memory of the mobile. The interest of the public extended memory is not to lose these files in the event of uninstallation of the program and to be able to simply share these files with other applications. However, this may require authorizations and lead to access restrictions which will vary with the version of Android on your mobile. 


Versions prior to Android 6
 Permissions to access public external memory must be granted during program installation and cannot be changed. There are no access restrictions to files in public extended memory at runtime. 

Android 6 and later
 Permissions to access public extended memory are requested when the program is launched and can be modified at any time.

When the program is launched, a dialog box will be displayed asking to grant access permissions "photos, media and  files" with 3 possibilities:

If you grant the permissions, the program will be able to access the files in the public extended memory, and you will not be asked the question again on subsequent launches.

If you deny permissions, the program will not access public extended memory and you will not have access to corresponding features. However, you will be able to open project files located in public extended memory with the import function which uses the Android file selection dialog box.

If you have not checked the "Never ask again" box, the request will be renewed the next time the program is launched. If you checked the box, the request will never be made again.

If you later regret having granted the permissions or refused by checking the box, you can modify the permissions with the application manager (accessible through the Settings), by selecting the application and then the permissions.


Android 10 and later

The program will request permissions to access public extended memory as shown above, but in addition a "scoped storage" has been implemented which restricts access to public extended memory.

The program will only have access in the public extended memory, apart from the import function, to the files that it has placed there, and only the files to which it has access will be visible to the program.

Sharing a public extended memory directory is likely to cause a lot of problems since the program cannot know all the names of the files stored there.

The "PlanningProjet" public directory which was created by earlier versions of the program to store files and could be shared will now only be accessed in read mode to simply open the files created by earlier versions of the program.

New files will be created in private extended memory, and a new public directory "ProjectPlanningReserved" reserved for the program is created inside the "Downloads" directory to put  files moved or renamed.

In the projects and files lists, an * is added at the end of the file name to indicate that it is located in the old directory.

The import function will open all project files, mpp or xml files created by MSProject, xml files created by Planning Project Plus… located in the mobile's public extended memory or accessible via file servers such as Google Drive.