The Environment.getExternalFilesDir() does return /sdcard and although
empty it still stalls on writing the file out. What package carries
the getFilesDir()?
On Jul 14, 3:09 pm, kypriakos <demet...@ece.neu.edu> wrote:
> That's what I figured - thanks Mark. I think it makes more sense now.
>
> Regarding the emulator's storage, if I wanted to manually add a file
> let's say
> into the sdcard dir, is this possible (in other words is this a real
> file system
> dir or a simulated entity?).
>
> Thanks again
>
> On Jul 14, 3:03 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 2:59 PM, kypriakos <demet...@ece.neu.edu> wrote:
> > > I noticed that using the standard Java to create the new file stalls:
>
> > > File UIDfile = new File("/data/local/tmp/myUID.txt");
> > > UIDfile.createNewFile();
>
> > > Is this something that should not be used in Android?
>
> > You cannot write to arbitrary paths on hardware. Please use
> > getFilesDir() to find a safe spot to write files on the on-board flash
> > for your application, or Environment.getExternalFilesDir() for the
> > root of the external storage (SD card).
>
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