Thank you, Mark. Even if a new device is sold without an sdcard, we would still like our apps to work.
So; if a device does not have an sdcard, WHERE would you recommend to store data (e.g. picture files)? HOW do you get the preferred directory in internal storage? Regards, Terry On 16 Jun, 17:17, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Terry <terb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have been searching for answers to this question, but found none. > > The Environment method getExternalStoragePublicDirectory() normally > > seems to returns "/mnt/sdcard", regardless of whether the sdcard is > > mounted or not. It is easy to detect if it is unmounted, but in that > > case it is NOT so easy to find out WHERE to save data. If the sdcard > > is unmounted, writing to "/mnt/sdcard" normally fails. > > Usually, at this point, you don't write anything, but rather alert the > user that you cannot work with your files at the present time. You > could always fail over to saving to internal storage, though space may > be an issue. > > > For devices which emulate the sdcard (in case it is unmounted), there > > often (?) seem to exist a directory "/mnt/emmc" > > I presume that by "often" you mean "not often". > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.7 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
