not able to acess files unless connected to adb once

[0Beshoy]

I have a kivy app that creates a directory called DownTunes in Music Public Directory and downloads music in it the app works fine on my phone i tried it on another phone it opened correctly but it didnt create the directory DownTunes nor downloaded anything so i connect this phone to the laptop and open adb to see the erro,r the app worked fine after i connected to adb, i tried reinstalling disconnecting and everything and it still worked, i tried it on 2 other phones and it didnt work , it appears to me that the app is unable to acess phone storage unless connected to adb once , anyone knows why ? here is my code for acessing storage ( i tried to create the directory manually and then download it didnt work)

if platform == "android":
from android.permissions import request_permissions, Permission

request_permissions(
    [
        Permission.INTERNET,
        Permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE,
        Permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE,
        Permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS,
    ]
)

Environment = autoclass("android.os.Environment")
path = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(
Environment.DIRECTORY_MUSIC
).getAbsolutePath()
File = autoclass("java.io.File")
down_tunes_directory = File(path, "DownTunes")

@mainthread
def create_directory(dt):
if not down_tunes_directory.exists():
down_tunes_directory.mkdirs()

[RobertFlatt]

Device android versions are probably significant in this case.
I don't know why connecting with adb would make any difference.

The approach used in the code above only works on Android <10
Read about Android storage https://github.com/Android-for-Python/Android-for-Python-Users#android-storage

Support issue.

[0Beshoy]

@RobertFlatt Yes but my phone is android 13 and somehow it works, am now trying to request MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, and making requestlegacyexternalstorage to true and will see if it works