You can get the path to external storage (e.g. SD card) with Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(). This is world read/ writable.
Alternatively, each application has its own private data directory / data/app-private/app-package. I believe your working directory is set to this directory by default. This is onboard flash, so it will survive the user ejecting an SD card. However, there is a limited amount to go around, so you don't want to store monster media files there. On Feb 25, 9:22 pm, benmccann <benjamin.j.mcc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> setOutputFile() expects a path to where you want the file stored. > > Yep, figured that much by the method name, but what's a valid path? I > mean I'm figuring it's UNIX-like, but other than that I'm in the > dark. Is there a preferred place for apps to store data? Are there > certain directories that I have permission to write to? What > directories exist on the device by default? It'd be nice for the docs > on data storage to mention any of these > things:http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html > > >> You can take a look at the source to SoundRecorder in the open source tree > >> for some working code > > Thanks for the example. This would be a much better example than the > one in the docs that won't compile and implies content must first be > added to a database: > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/index.html > > On Feb 24, 8:03 pm, Dave Sparks <davidspa...@android.com> wrote: > > > setOutputFile() expects a path to where you want the file stored. > > > You can take a look at the source to SoundRecorder in the open source > > tree for some working code: > > >http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/SoundRecorder... > > > On Feb 24, 4:43 pm, benmccann <benjamin.j.mcc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > I'd like to create anaudiorecordingin Android. (Actually, I just > > > want access to the mic withoutrecordingit, but it seems that's not > > > supported so I'll have to create arecordingand tail the file). > > > I'm having a very hard time getting started. Mostly I'm just hoping > > > that someone from Google reads this and will update the documentation > > > because the example won't compile - it looks like it's from some > > > previous version of the SDK because there's an error in every other > > > line. I made my best guess as to what the usage should be, but I keep > > > getting a number of different exceptions. > > > One question I had is whether I can just specify an arbitrary path to > > > the MediaRecorder to startrecordingor whether I have to create an > > > entry in the content database. The JavaDoc for > > > MediaRecorder.setOutputFile isn't clear on what it's expecting. > > > > Thanks, > > > Ben --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
