After the File component is inserted into a new empty project (no blocks) and the APK is created, these permissions are declared in the Manifest:
uses-permission android: name = “android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE”/
uses-permission android: name = “android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE”/
uses-permission android: name = “android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE”/
uses-permission android: name = “android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE”/
So far so good.