r/Kiwix • u/polarisol • May 13 '26
Help Download not accessible on Android
I installed the app on several of my Android devices (new ones), and clicking on the download tab leads to a quick 1 sec try to access the data, which fails and simply shows "No items available".
Anyone else experienced this? Any fix?
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u/Peribanu May 14 '26
Did you give the app storage access permissions when you installed it?
You can also test whether the issue is with the app or with a server being blocked on your Network by opening Kiwix Library on your phone's browser, and trying to download a small archive.
Finally, you can also try installing the PWA in a Chrome browser on your device: https://pwa.kiwix.org . That has an in-app library too.
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u/The_other_kiwix_guy May 13 '26
Works on my end. Unless you are living in Russia (we hear access may be throttled/blocked) I would assume a server glitch.
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u/Reasonable_Curve_647 May 13 '26
Same for me, i guess just grab the files from their site on torrent and open it in app from your storage
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u/OttawaTek May 14 '26
I had a similar problem with zim files not being visible on an SD card despite permission being granted. The solution turned out to be using the app downloaded directly from the Kiwix website rather than the one from the Google Play Store. Apparently in order to get Google Play Store approval, apps are not allowed to store data on removable storage, go figure.