I’m working on an Android app using Kotlin, and I need to open the file explorer at a specific directory where a file is located. Specifically, I want to open the “Documents” directory. Additionally, I want to make sure that only file explorer apps are shown as options and not other types of apps.

Here’s the relevant code snippet I’m using:

private val documents = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS)

fun open() {
    val documentsUri = Uri.fromFile(documents)
    val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW).apply {
        data = documentsUri
        type = "*/*"
        flags = Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION
    }
}

However, I’m encountering a couple of issues:

1. Unrelated apps showing up: when using the code above, on my Android
   13 device, I see a lot of unrelated apps in the chooser, such as
   Messenger, Signal, Gmail, etc. Only one file explorer app shows up
   (although there should be more).

2. Opening the wrong folder: when selecting a file explorer, it opens
   the “Downloads” folder instead of the “Documents” folder. This might
   be due to how the file explorer app handles intents.