Still, you can access that directory through your app. Try writing and reading a file there and it should work fine.
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 4:34 AM, Stephan Wiesner > <[email protected]> wrote: > > thanks for the fast reply. > > only thing is: getFilesDir() returns /data/data/de.stephanwiesner.... > > and, like i wrote, that dir does not exist (or is not accessible) > > It is not accessible from DDMS, nor from ASTRO. It is not supposed to be. > > > And, I am sure that it was there last week. I have copied my database > > file several times to my PC for further processing and can't do that > > anymore, as I don't find it :-() > > > > My phone was never rooted. > > Then there was a flaw in the original firmware that has since been > corrected. What you are experiencing is the normal state of affairs > for Android development -- you can access your app's local files on an > emulator, or possibly on rooted phones (not sure about that), but not > on regular hardware. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 1.9 > Available! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- YuviDroid Check out Launch-X <http://android.yuvalsharon.net/launchx.php> (a widget to quickly access your favorite apps and contacts!) http://android.yuvalsharon.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en

