On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Nathan <nathan.d.mel...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Monday, April 16, 2012 7:07:33 PM UTC-7, Dianne Hackborn wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 8:56 AM, digi owl  wrote:
>>
>>> looking at the 3.2 platform API changes, it appears that Google wants
>>> developers to access SD cards via either MeidaStore or the MTP API:
>>> https://developer.android.com/**sdk/android-3.2.html<https://developer.android.com/sdk/android-3.2.html>
>>>
>>> https://developer.android.com/**reference/android/mtp/package-**
>>> summary.html<https://developer.android.com/reference/android/mtp/package-summary.html>
>>>
>>> https://developer.android.com/**reference/android/provider/**
>>> MediaStore.html<https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/MediaStore.html>
>>
>>
>> I don't know I'd include MTP in this, but yes for apps MediaStore allows
>> you to query across whatever storage is being aggregated by the device.
>>  Note that for everything except the primary external storage partition,
>> you should expect to only have write access to the files.
>>
>> Did you mean to say that we should assume only *read access* to the
> files? Is that because of some platform guidance, because of the
> manufacturers' philosophy, or neither, just the way it is?
>

Gah, very sorry, yes I meant READ access.

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