`1.5.0` crashes with a `RuntimeException` when the chosen "Save recordings in" directory ceases to exist after selection, if the directory was deleted via MTP.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

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Affected app version

versionName=1.5.0
versionCode=14

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

[ro.build.version.release]: [15]
[ro.build.display.id]: [FP5.VT2E.C.059.20250908]

Affected device model

[ro.product.brand]: [Fairphone]
[ro.build.product]: [FP5]

How did you install the app?

installer=com.machiav3lli.fdroid

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. #!/system/bin/sh
   cmd activity start --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -n com.google.android.documentsui/com.android.documentsui.files.FilesActivity -f 0 com.google.android.documentsui

2. Visit /storage/emulated/0.

3. Create a directory. ¹

4. #!/system/bin/sh
   cmd activity start --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -n org.fossify.voicerecorder/org.fossify.voicerecorder.activities.MainActivity -f 0 org.fossify.voicerecorder

5. Visit .activities.SettingsActivity.

6. Select the created directory.

7. Connect the device to an external OS via MTP over USB.

8. #!/usr/bin/env sh
   dolphin 'mtp:/Fairphone 5 5G/Internal shared storage/Music/Recordings'

   ²

9. Delete the directory. ³

10. #!/system/bin/sh
    cmd activity start --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -n org.fossify.voicerecorder/org.fossify.voicerecorder.activities.MainActivity -f 0 org.fossify.voicerecorder

11. Record audio.

Expected behavior

It should prompt me to choose a new directory:

Actual behavior

FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: org.fossify.voicerecorder, PID: 29850
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start service org.fossify.voicerecorder.services.RecorderService@c9e3d3e with Intent { act=com.fossify.voicerecorder.action.CANCEL_RECORDING cmp=org.fossify.voicerecorder/.services.RecorderService }: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Failed to determine if primary:Music/Recordings/20251105_191320.m4a is child of primary:Music: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Missing file for primary:Music at /storage/emulated/0/Music
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:5166)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleServiceArgs(Unknown Source:0)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2470)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:232)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:317)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8751)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:580)
	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:892)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Failed to determine if primary:Music/Recordings/20251105_191320.m4a is child of primary:Music: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Missing file for primary:Music at /storage/emulated/0/Music
	at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel(DatabaseUtils.java:185)
	at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel(DatabaseUtils.java:155)
	at android.content.ContentProviderProxy.call(ContentProviderNative.java:764)
	at android.content.ContentResolver.call(ContentResolver.java:2469)
	at android.provider.DocumentsContract.deleteDocument(DocumentsContract.java:1469)
	at org.fossify.voicerecorder.services.RecorderService.onStartCommand(Unknown Source:159)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:5148)
	... 9 more

Screenshots/Screen recordings

screen-20251105-192455.mp4

Footnotes

1. stackoverflow.com/posts/13373489/timeline#comment_140840466 ↩

2. reddit.com/c/chatSRvwvR32/s/cuUGHWwLG5 ↩

3. forums.opensuse.org/t/109750 ↩