It is used by various apps that ship with the platform and works fine as far as I know.
You should give more information about what specific issues you are seeing. The directory returned by the function will vary depending on the device implementation; on devices with MTP it returns a path to a filesystem that is emulating FAT filesystem semantics on the devices general internal storage. On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 5:42 PM, GJTorikian <[email protected]> wrote: > Over various Android updates and devices, I've been able to use > getExternalStorageDirectory() in my code without any problems. > > However, I'm suddenly getting a lot of bug reports from ICS users on the > Galaxy Nexus complaining that the way they interact with my app is not > working. Specifically, it's in all the areas that > use getExternalStorageDirectory(). > > Can someone with a Galaxy Nexus device confirm this? I realize that the > Nexus does not have an SD card, the "external" is really internal, > e.t.c.... but users are simply not able to use the app properly. > > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > 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 -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- 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
