Storage location

Reikai manages several things within a selected storage location, including automatic backups, chapter downloads, and the Local source.

Selecting a storage location

Keep the following in mind when setting up your Storage location:

• Create a "Reikai" folder at the top-level of your storage (ex. /Internal Storage/Reikai/).
• Do not pick your device's Download folder or the top level of your storage or SD card. On Android 11 and newer, the folder picker does not allow these, so pick the "Reikai" folder you made instead.
• When selecting your storage location during the setup process, give access to the "Reikai" folder, not the folders within.

The following illustrates the folder structure:

Example

[your selected storage location]
• autobackup
  • app.reikai_yyyy-mm-dd_hh-mm.tachibk
  • ...
• downloads
  • Source name (LANG)
    • Series title
      • Chapter01.cbz
      • ...
    • Other series title
      • Chapter01.cbz
• local
  • Series title
    • Chapter01.cbz
    • ...
  • Other series title
    • Chapter01.cbz

Two more folders are created beside these. fonts holds the fonts you import or download for the novel reader. novel_downloads follows a similar shape to downloads, novel_downloads/Source id/Novel title/, with each chapter saved as an .html file rather than an archive of images. The source folder is named after the source's id rather than its display name (see how downloads are organized).

Backup file name prefixes are unique for the app to avoid potential collisions between forks.

Migrating from Tachiyomi v0.14.x or earlier

If you were using the default locations before, then simply select the existing Tachiyomi folder.

WARNING

If you have an existing downloads folder, you should be selecting its parent folder (if applicable; avoid choosing the root of your storage) or you should move your downloads to a new location.

Note the illustrated example above where downloads is a folder within the location being set, and the individual source folders are within that downloads folder.

If you need to change your storage location or have moved files around from outside the app, you may need to force the app to recheck for the files by going to More→Settings→Advanced then Reindex downloads.

Scoped Storage

Since Android 11, most apps are enforced to use Scoped Storage for better security for users so that apps cannot read everything on the device.

Scoped Storage's introduction affects various storage-related functions in Reikai. These functions may become slower due to Scoped Storage's inherent latency, as discussed in detail here on Scoped Storage.

This can impact tasks like deleting chapters, library loading times, accessing local files like downloads or the local source, and more. As always, using internal storage is recommended over SD cards if latency is of concern.