I hate it when I find the answer two minutes after posting the
question! All I needed was this:
<uses-permission
android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
in the manifest.
On May 6, 4:50 pm, DonFrench <dcfre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am not succeeding in creating a new folder on the SD card using the
> following code:
>
> try{
> String dirName = "/sdcard/testdir";
> File newFile = new File(dirName);
> newFile.mkdirs();
> if(newFile.exists()){
> toastLong("directory exists");
> if(newFile.isDirectory()){
> toastLong("isDirectory = true");
> } else toastLong("isDirectory = false");
> } else {
> toastLong("directory doesn't exist");
> }} catch(Exception e){
>
> toastLong("Exception creating folder " + e);
>
> }
>
> I don't get an exception but the message I do get is "directory
> doesn't exist"and in fact the folder is not created. Why doesn't this
> work and what is the right way to do this?
>
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