Android.Manifest

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
      <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<!--    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>-->

    <application
        android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"
      android:name=".MainApplication"
      android:label="@string/app_name"
      android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
      android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
      android:allowBackup="false"
      android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
      <!-- <meta-data android:name="firebase_analytics_collection_deactivated" android:value="@bool/FIREBASE_ANALYTICS_DEACTIVATED"/> -->
     <meta-data android:name="com.google.firebase.messaging.default_notification_icon" android:resource="@mipmap/ic_notification"/>
      <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|uiMode"
        android:launchMode="singleTask"
        android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
        android:exported="true">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE"/>
           <action android:name="android.intent.action.DOWNLOAD_COMPLETE"/>
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
        <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/>
        <data android:scheme="owsapp"/>
      </intent-filter>
      </activity>
    </application>
</manifest>

MainActivity.java

package com.guerrilla.innov8coworking;

import com.facebook.react.ReactActivity;
import com.facebook.react.ReactActivityDelegate;
import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultNewArchitectureEntryPoint;
import com.facebook.react.defaults.DefaultReactActivityDelegate;
import android.os.Bundle;
import org.devio.rn.splashscreen.SplashScreen;

import android.Manifest;
import android.app.DownloadManager;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.util.Log;
import android.webkit.MimeTypeMap;
import android.webkit.URLUtil;
import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat;
import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat;

import java.util.Arrays;

public class MainActivity extends ReactActivity {

    private static final int REQUEST_WRITE_STORAGE = 0;
    private String downloadUrl;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        final boolean setFullScreen = true;
        Log.d("Jugni", "Hii I am on create method");
        SplashScreen.show(this, R.style.SplashScreenTheme, setFullScreen);
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

//         Check and request permissions when the app starts
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 23) {
            Log.d("Jugni", "Hii I am inside version 24" + String.valueOf(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT));
            Log.d("Jugni", "Hii my permission is" + String.valueOf(Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE));
            if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)
                    != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
                Log.d("Jugni", "Hii my permission is" + String.valueOf(ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)));
                Log.d("Jugni", "Hii I am inside check self permission");
                ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE}, REQUEST_WRITE_STORAGE);
                Log.d("Jugni", "Hii my new permission is" + String.valueOf(ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)));
                Log.d("Jugni", "Request permission completed");
            } else {
                Log.d("Jugni", "Permission already granted");
            }
        }
    }

    private void downloadFile(String url) {
        DownloadManager.Request request = new DownloadManager.Request(Uri.parse(url));
        request.setTitle("Vertretungsplan");
        request.setDescription("wird heruntergeladen");
        request.allowScanningByMediaScanner();
        request.setNotificationVisibility(DownloadManager.Request.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE_NOTIFY_COMPLETED);
        String filename = URLUtil.guessFileName(url, null, MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl(url));
        request.setDestinationInExternalPublicDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS, filename);
        DownloadManager manager = (DownloadManager) getSystemService(Context.DOWNLOAD_SERVICE);
        manager.enqueue(request);
    }

    @Override
    public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode, String[] permissions, int[] grantResults) {
        Log.d("Jugni", "Inside Request permission block, requestCode: " + requestCode + ", permissions: " + Arrays.toString(permissions) + ", grantResults: " + Arrays.toString(grantResults));
        super.onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults);
        if (requestCode == REQUEST_WRITE_STORAGE) {
            Log.d("Jugni", "GrantResults length" + String.valueOf(grantResults.length));
            if (grantResults.length > 0 && grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
                Log.d("Jugni", String.valueOf( grantResults[0]));
                Log.d("Jugni", downloadUrl);
                // Permission granted, proceed with the file download
                if (downloadUrl != null) {
                    downloadFile(downloadUrl);
                }
            } else {
                // Permission denied, handle accordingly
            }
        }
    }
    /**
     * Returns the name of the main component registered from JavaScript. This is used to schedule
     * rendering of the component.
     */
    @Override
    protected String getMainComponentName() {
        return "ows_app_rn";
    }
    /**
     * Returns the instance of the {@link ReactActivityDelegate}. Here we use a util class {@link
     * DefaultReactActivityDelegate} which allows you to easily enable Fabric and Concurrent React
     * (aka React 18) with two boolean flags.
     */
    @Override
    protected ReactActivityDelegate createReactActivityDelegate() {
        return new DefaultReactActivityDelegate(
                this,
                getMainComponentName(),
                // If you opted-in for the New Architecture, we enable the Fabric Renderer.
                DefaultNewArchitectureEntryPoint.getFabricEnabled());
    }
}

Build.gradle

ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "34.0.0"
        minSdkVersion = 24
        compileSdkVersion = 33
        targetSdkVersion = 34
        androidXCore = "1.0.2"

         // We use NDK 23 which has both M1 support and is the side-by-side NDK version from AGP.
        ndkVersion = "23.1.7779620"
    }

My app doesn’t ask for file permission even after declaring and requesting it. I also tried with MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE and still faced the same issue. I read somewhere that WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE has been deprecated for Android 14. Can someone tell the resolution. I want to access pdf file, no audio, video or images