How do I save my exported JEX file?

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Operating system

Android

Joplin version

2.14.9

What issue do you have?

I want to export all my notes to my new phone, but I can't find the exported JEX file anywhere on my device, so I guess it just doesn't save it? Why can I not download my own file to my device? I can share it through E-mail apps and Drive, but I don't want to do that, I just want to save it to a normal file so I can transfer it to my desktop through cable.
I know there's no feature to import on Android yet, but I'll solve that problem later, for now I just want to export.
And if it does get saved to my device but I just can't find it... where?

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I too would be interested in where the JEX file is saved. I looked through my tablet after doing an export and can't see anything that might be the exported data.

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If I'm reading the code correctly the JEX is stored in the app cache dir which isn't accessible with root. Seems like a bug to me.

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If there was an option to import it there might be a place for it as a backup method no matter where it was located but without an import, the export isn't all that useful as it stands. Perhaps it's there for future enhancements?

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I think it's been added recently

UPD
I'm not sure actually if it'd let you import previously exported notes.

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You could do a File System Sync to a new folder on your phone. It'll be full of .md files.
Copy that off your phone, move to a new directory on the new phone.

On the new phone, install Joplin and configure it to do a File System Sync and point to the directory.

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JEX export on mobile was originally intended as an emergency way to get notes off a device if the sync target is corrupted. It focused on iOS because the previous ways of saving notes to the file system — file system sync and the "export profile for debugging" option — are both Android-only (see this GitHub issue)).

It currently uses the share sheet because that works on iOS (on iOS, the share sheet also includes a "save to files" option). The save-to-file logic used by the export profile and some of the Android-only settings items does not.

Here are two ways this could be fixed:

  1. When exporting to JEX, show a share sheet on iOS. On Android, ask where to save the file.
  2. On Android, show a menu asking whether the exported JEX file should be saved to files or shared.
    • This menu could also be re-used for the log screen, which has a similar issue with its "Share" button on Android.