[android-developers] Re: Tablet Acer Iconica A100 and Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();

2012-03-13 Thread Remote Red
On 13 mrt, 12:24, Mark Murphy wrote: > The firmware may have rights that SDK applications do not. As I'm quite new to Android programming I had not even tested this. Fear enclosed my mood. Luckily my app can write to the microSD card. Now I don't have to throw it out the window! ;-). -- You

Re: [android-developers] Re: Tablet Acer Iconica A100 and Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();

2012-03-13 Thread Mark Murphy
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 5:11 AM, Remote Red wrote: > What else > would I do with a sdcard like reading and writing? The firmware may have rights that SDK applications do not. For example, IIRC, apps can read from the XOOM's SD card (typically by means of the MediaStore ContentProvider), but apps

[android-developers] Re: Tablet Acer Iconica A100 and Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();

2012-03-13 Thread Remote Red
On 12 mrt, 15:06, Mark Murphy wrote: > Bear in mind that your app may not have rights to write to this mount point. That would be realy silly as it is my tablet and my sdcard. What else would I do with a sdcard like reading and writing? -- You received this message because you are subscribed t

[android-developers] Re: Tablet Acer Iconica A100 and Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();

2012-03-13 Thread Remote Red
On 12 mrt, 15:06, Mark Murphy wrote: > Correct, but that is the portion of on-board flash that Acer > designated as external storage. Very strange that this is possible. My understanding of external was/ is that that would be the sdCard. But maybe b0b points out how I have to see it. All thanks

Re: [android-developers] Re: Tablet Acer Iconica A100 and Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();

2012-03-12 Thread Jim Graham
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 09:51:24AM -0700, b0b wrote: > In Google-speak, "External Storage" refer to a storage medium that can be > accessed externally (from a PC or MAc for example). > Most of the time it refers to the *internal* SD Card. Or, put another way, first, you have the internal exter

[android-developers] Re: Tablet Acer Iconica A100 and Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();

2012-03-12 Thread b0b
On Monday, 12 March 2012 14:46:00 UTC+1, Remote Red wrote: > > The tablet Acer Iconica A100 returns for > Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() > > /mnt/sdcard > > Actually that is intern memory as the microSD card is mounted as > In Google-speak, "External Storage" refer to a storage