Make sure you have the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission. On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Farhan Khurshid <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been trying to fix an issue since yesterday but no luck yet. I > made a very simple android application to create directory and the > application was working fine. The main source code is mentioned here. > > File extDir= Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(); > File sddir = new File(extDir+"/test10"); > > > if (sddir.mkdirs()) { > Toast toast = Toast.makeText(this, > "Directory successfully created!", > Toast.LENGTH_SHORT); > toast.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER, 0, 0); > toast.show(); > } > else{ > > Toast toast = Toast.makeText(this, > "Directory creation failed!", > Toast.LENGTH_SHORT); > toast.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER, 0, 0); > toast.show(); > } > > However, yesterday, when I integrated this code to my own application > (a simple videolist that plays videos from the sd-card), the directory > function, for whatever reasons, resulted in directory creation > failed... I debugged the application but couldn't find exception > errors or other errors in it. I don't know what could be wrong.. I am > just wondering if there is any method to get the error statement > behind directory creation failed. I mean if mkdirs failed, it could > generate a small print statement about why it got failed?? > any suggestions?? > > -- > 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 >
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