Thanks for your help. I am using sdk1.5 and sdk1.6 . Regards Changdeo Jadhav
On Jun 21, 5:41 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 8:27 AM, changdeo <changdeojad...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I want to create a log file for my application in application space, > > so that user can review what went wrong. But We can not access files > > created in application space(access in the sense that we can not pull > > it to desktop , or can not view on phone using some editor). Can > > anybody please help me to create a file on application space and tell > > a way to read it. > > If you want people to manipulate the file independently of your > application, put it on the SD card. > > > I am doing this > > > String fileName = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+"/ > > WFLog.txt"; > > FileOutputStream fout = new FileOutputStream(fileName); > > If you have the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission, this should work to > write a file to the SD card. > > > I have also tried using > > openOutputStream with permission WORLD_READABLE. > > This will not help much, as no apps will readily be able to browse to that > file. > > > Alternative I thought was to create log file on sdcard but I can not > > delete it when application gets uninstalled. > > On Android 2.2, you can use getExternalFilesDir() (available on > Activity and other subclasses of Context) to get access to a directory > on the SD card that will be removed automatically when the application > is uninstalled. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
