And that's doable by starting with what? Environment.getRootDirectory() ? On Dec 13, 9:10 am, niko20 <nikolatesl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Yes, it is another stupid thing we have to deal with. This one though > I don't think is Google's fault, it's the device manufacturers that > decided to remap this. The only way "around" it is to allow users to > browse to the external sdcard in some way. I actually had to add a > menu item to my app to allow users to type in the path to the external > sd since if they transferred their sdcard to a new device, and that > device now had *internal* sd as well, then my app would not even see > the external card because the API was giving me the internal one. > > So I added a menu item where they can type in the *real* path to the > external sdcard. > > It's like writing for windows ! > > -niko > > On Dec 13, 7:46 am, RLScott <fixthatpi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I need to write to the SD card so the user can transfer data files > > created by my app to other devices. getExternalFilesDir() does not > > always point to the SD card, even when there is one. As the developer > > docs say: > > > Quote: > > > Note: don't be confused by the word "external" here. This directory > > can better be thought as media/shared storage. It is a filesystem that > > can hold a relatively large amount of data and that is shared across > > all applications (does not enforce permissions). Traditionally this is > > an SD card, but it may also be implemented as built-in storage in a > > device that is distinct from the protected internal storage and can be > > mounted as a filesystem on a computer. In devices with multiple > > "external" storage directories (such as both secure app storage and > > mountable shared storage), this directory represents the "primary" > > external storage that the user will interact with. > > > ---- and indeed my testing confirms this. On 2 out of 3 Android > > tablets I have for testing, getExternalFilesDir() directs me to built- > > in memory, not the removable SD card. And this posting on > > Stackoverflow indicates that there is no general solution for this > > problem: > > >http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5524105/how-could-i-get-the-correc... > > > How can this be? Is it truly impossible to write a generic Android > > app that for sure will access the SD card?
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