Permission denied on writing to external storage despite permission

Question

I have an Android 7.0 test device and my APK targets = \"targetSdkVersion 22\", with:

Answer 1

UPDATE: See Volker Voecking's answer for a better solution

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EDIT: This is simply a workaround for those who don't have time to look for a solution. *

If you get permission denied error even when the permissions are granted and you already implemented permission checks,

make sure you're not targetting api level 29:

Change targetSdkVersion and compilesdkversion from 29 to 28 or any other lower level.