On Thursday, February 20, 2014 3:22:24 PM UTC-8, Kostya Vasilyev wrote: > > Is it maybe same issue as described below? > > > http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/02/17/external-blues-google-has-brought-big-changes-to-sd-cards-in-kitkat-and-even-samsung-may-be-implementing-them/<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidpolice.com%2F2014%2F02%2F17%2Fexternal-blues-google-has-brought-big-changes-to-sd-cards-in-kitkat-and-even-samsung-may-be-implementing-them%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGPvcojG0wmhGT-czaJqWQIOXx23A> > > It probably is. That implies this is as Android problem that is sometimes worked around by manufacturers. Samsung may or may not have given up the fight on this round.
I do remember getting reports in 3.2 and it appeared there was nothing to be done that I could find. That WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE permission is not one I can give myself, apparently. > The documentation you quoted talks about > "android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE", and then you went on to write > that your app has always had WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE. Perhaps you need the > READ permission as well? > > -- K > > WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE implies READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE in any documentation I've read. There is a chance that if I directed my users to use: Android/data/com.example.foo/ on external storage devices that they might be able to use their valued card. However, that is difficult to test as I don't have one of the target devices, much less all of them. Nathan -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
