One thing (and it's really annoying) I have noticed on the Galaxy Nexus is that when viewing its files from Windows 7, I am not seeing the latest file/directory structure. I guess this is something related to MTP. I usually end up using AirDroid instead.
Anyway, to the point, so it could be that it seems the directory does not exist, but actually it does. On Thursday, 15 March 2012 13:28:21 UTC+8, Dusk Jockeys Android Apps wrote: > > As Kostya said, are you sure that your app/dir directory doesnt > already exist? Because if so you would expect a value of false to be > returned. > Can you first check to see if the directory x exists before running > mkdirs(x)? > > On Mar 15, 5:06 am, GJTorikian <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wrote a reply to this, but I guess it was censored. I > > was complaining about manufacturer fragmentation, again. > > > > If I have a directory like this: mnt/sdcard/app/dir > > > > mkdirs("app/dir") fails; mkdirs("app") followed by mkdirs("app/dir") > works. > > This is extremely unusual. > > > > > > > > On Saturday, March 10, 2012 10:53:37 PM UTC+1, Kostya Vasilyev wrote: > > > > > I just tried this on my Galaxy Nexus with official 4.0.2, and it > > > definitely works, with and without the training slash. > > > > > mkdirs returns false if the directory already exists - are you sure > yours > > > don't? > > > > > Also, does your app have the permission to write to external storage? > > > IIRC, some really older platform versions used to enable this > permission if > > > it wasn't declared. > > > > > -- K > > > > > On 03/10/2012 11:38 PM, GJTorikian wrote: > > > > > It seems that that's entirely the problem. When I try to perform a > > > mkdirs() operation, I get a return of false. > > > > > So, for the structure of: /mnt/sdcard/myapp/ > > > > > new File("/mnt/sdcard/myapp/").mkdirs() fails--but again, only for > this > > > device, it seems.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - -- 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
