Does not work on Arch Linux subsystem in Termux: `OSError: Cannot find path to android app folder` about platformdirs HOT 5 CLOSED

Thanks. Do you happen to see what the fix should look like here? A PR would certainly be welcome given you've got a device you can try it on.

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Thanks. Do you happen to see what the fix should look like here? A PR would certainly be welcome given you've got a device you can try it on.

I found codes for OS detection in src/platformdirs/__init__.py:

if os.getenv("ANDROID_DATA") == "/data" and os.getenv("ANDROID_ROOT") == "/system":
    module, name = "platformdirs.android", "Android"

A temporary mitigation for this problem is unset environment valriable ANDROID_ROOT and ANDROID_DATA.

In order to fix this problem, the following judgment conditions may be more appropriate:

if os.getenv("ANDROID_DATA") == "/data" and os.getenv("ANDROID_ROOT") == "/system" and not (os.path.exists("/usr") or os.path.exists("/run")):
    module, name = "platformdirs.android", "Android"

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That sounds odd to me (but I'll have to read the code more carefully).

Termux is Android, so I'd expect a fix to look like making the Android module know how to cope with it, rather than marking it as not-Android. But that's just an initial reaction.

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I can clarify: these variables are written in the init.environ.rc file in the device's skin, so wherever the shell is launched (even from the subsystem), they will be present everywhere. I was counting only on applications, Python IDEs and Termux, but not subsystems.

I think the best solution would be, before choosing android, to check if it is possible to get a folder from _android_folder and, if possible, then choose android, otherwise other OS (windows, macos, linux). I will open PR as soon as possible

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Fixed via #63.

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