On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:20 PM, kypriakos <demet...@ece.neu.edu> wrote: > The Environment.getExternalFilesDir() does return /sdcard and although > empty it still stalls on writing the file out.
I have no idea what "stalls" means in this context. You need an SD card (or SD card image for the emulator), and you need the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission. > What package carries the getFilesDir()? That is a method on Context, and therefore is available to all subclasses of Context, like Activity. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 1.9 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en