Make sure you have the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission. On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 3:02 PM, John Gaby <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the input. I decided that the SD card is the proper place > for the files anyway, so I am trying to make that work. Since I want > to support pre 2.2 versions, I am doing the following: > > String state = Environment.getExternalStorageState(); > > if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(state)) > { > File root = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(); > File ext = new File(root, "Android/data/" + > m_activity.getPackageName() + "/files/"); > boolean b = ext.mkdirs(); > String s = ext.getAbsolutePath(); > > ... > > Unfortunately, the ext.mkdirs() call is returning false, and the > directories are not being created. I did a web search, and it seems > like this is the proper way to create my directory. Do you have any > idea why it is not working for me?
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