On Thursday, April 12, 2012 6:27:35 PM UTC-7, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > > > According to some reports, ICS, and not just the manufacturers, is >> locking out all non privileged apps from writing to removable storage. >> > > That's absolutely not true -- my app, on a Galaxy Nexus, can write to the > folder pointed to by: > > Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() > > I have the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE set. I use it for backup and had > nobody complained yet. >
The Galaxy Nexus does not have *removable storage*, as far as I know, so that is not a counter example. And I have NEVER had trouble writing to Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() But in many devices, the getExternalStorageDirectory() returns a directory that is internal storage. The same devices sometimes have another, external storage slot with the following characteristics: - There is NO call equivalent to getExternalStorageDirectory() to find out what the path is - The users often don't know what the path to it is. - I don't know what the path to it is. - The manufacturers don't publish what those paths are. - If, by some miracle, the user finds out what that path is, my app checks that folders and finds that it is read only, at least for my app. - I do not know why it is read only, but I believe the manufacturer, or perhaps the ICS platform, has made the decision that only certain apps can use it. I would really like to know what it is going on, besides manufacturers making developers look like idiots. I only have a budget for a small number of devices, so it is really hard for me to see the general trend. Nathan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
