the naming of the function is bad, but the manufacturers are not to blame.. they actually do what google declared the function to be: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Environment.html#getExternalStorageDirectory()
The real issue is that there's no easy way to get the sdcard,,, but that function does exactly what it's supposed to do. On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 9:54:10 PM UTC+2, niko20 wrote: > > Just what the title says, > > The getExternalStorageDirectory API is supposed to GET EXTERNAL STORAGE. > But manufacturers have all turned it into "point to the internal storage on > the device". There should have been a "getInternalStorageDirectory()" API > to go along with this. > > I don't mind, I've "solved" this problem a long time ago, but just letting > users type in the "real" path to the external card into my app. But many > apps don't do this yet. So you get lots of apps that put everything on the > internal storage when you have a 64GB card which is getting nothing put on > it (I'm looking at you, Amazon MP3 and Amazon Kindle). > > Who let this slide man! > > -niko > -- 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
