by Kevin Bhasi
Version 1 (December 21, 2022)
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This script is just a shortcut to launch the stock Android file manager on One UI (as used on Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets), but may also work on other device manufacturer's Android UXs as long as they're versions that run on top of Android 9 or later.
Two flows are included that are different methods. Try the first one. If that doesn't work, then try the second method. You could then delete the method that wouldn't work on your device.
I believe that Samsung kept in the AOSP file manager just to avoid breaking Android's Storage Access Framework (SAF) that apps are generally expected to use for their "open" and/or "save" functions, but removed the launcher icon from the Android app manifest in order to push users to use their own "My Files" file manager. Other device manufacturers likely do the same for similar reasons, but I'm biased more towards Android's stock UX than manufacturer UXs and thus created this script as part of trying to make One UI look and feel more like Android's stock UX.
Tested on One UI 2.1 (Android 10 based).