On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 4:29 PM, guruk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > i always did wrote to sd card with > > String baseDir = > Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath(); > > String fileName = DATABASE_TABLE + ".myd"; > > File f = new File(baseDir + File.separator + fileName); > > FileWriter gpxwriter = new FileWriter(f); > > BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(gpxwriter); > > // ------------ > > now i came about the permission: WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAG > > I NEVER used/implemented that permission into my manifest. > > So what? > > I have android:minSdkVersion="2" > > and my building target is 8 android:minSdkVersion="2" (android 2.2) > > does it have to do with that?
Yes. You automatically get WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE for old minSdkVersions. > I am just wondering WHY can i write to sdcard without that permission. > > and why should i implement it? Because someday you will increase the minSdkVersion and no longer be able to write to external storage. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in NYC: http://marakana.com/training/android/ -- 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
