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Add chroot functionality to kivymd.uix.filemanager - Ease of use on android/iOS #1800

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@rhandel

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kivymd.uix.filemanager (aka MDFileManager) enhancement.

Add chroot style functionality so that the app user is presented ONLY with the chroot'ed directory (in the header) of the directory displayed. Fixing the root directory and making MDFileManager display the root directory and below.

Example:
directory /home/uname/files/...
chroot'ed to /home/uname/files
would display files (nothing above that.)
would display files/another_dir (for another_dir subdirectory)

This would make Android/iOS development a LOT easier.

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  • OS: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
  • Python: 3.11.12
  • Kivy: 2.3.1
  • KivyMD: 1.1.1

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