> which, surely, includes the removable (secondary external) sdcard? There is no such thing in the official SDK/spec
On Thursday, July 26, 2012 3:44:22 PM UTC+1, Eddie wrote: > > Thanks Mark, > It is a fairly basic debug requirement to read and write test files to > legitimate locations which, surely, includes the removable (secondary > external) sdcard? > > Only deal with production handsets - so rooting not an option. > > To repeat it is possible to cd to /mnt/extSdCard (the removable sdcard on > Galaxy S3) and read files. Just can't write there. > > On Thursday, 26 July 2012 15:25:13 UTC+1, Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Eddie <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I agree it works on /mnt/sdcard >> > >> > IT DOES NOT WORK ON /mnt/extSdCard on a Galaxy S3. >> > >> > Still need a solution. >> >> Don't push to /mnt/extSdCard. >> >> If you are right, and it is a permissions issue, there is nothing else >> to be done, short of perhaps rooting the phone. If /mnt/extSdCard is >> not the official external storage (i.e., it is not what >> Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() returns), then there are no >> guarantees about the ability for anyone other than the OS itself >> reading or writing there. >> >> Though I am heartened by the new directory structure on JB, suggesting >> that perhaps maybe -- just maybe -- we will get SDK support for >> multiple "external" storage locations in an upcoming Android release. >> >> -- >> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >> http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy >> http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy >> >> _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.8 Available! >> > -- 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
