Thanks Mark, but I'm debugging the application on a T-Mobile G1 with installed SD card (real hardware) ~ no emulator, just the real thing. Is there a permission needed that I'm not recognizing? Or, is there a special exclusive way to deal with files on the SD card? Any help or pointing in the right direction would be very helpful!
Thanks, Ben On Apr 1, 10:36 am, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > BJP wrote: > > I would like to write a file to the SD card from my application, but > > the following code throws an IOException when debugged on a T-Mobile > > G1: > > > String p = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/log.txt"; > > File recfile = new File(p); > > recfile.createNewFile(); > > > The last line throws an IOException with detailMessage = "Cannot > > create: /sdcard/log.txt". The MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS permission is > > set in the manifest. And yes, I really do want to write to the SD > > card; I don't want to use the logging features Android includes for > > this particular application. The Android documentation does not seem > > to give any specifics on how one might write files to removable > > storage in "Data Storage" under "Framework Topics". What am I doing > > wrong, or where can I read more about this topic? > > If you are running this on the emulator, do you have an SD card image > set up? The emulator does not have SD card storage by default -- you > need to use mksdcard to create an image and then tell the emulator to > use that image via a command-line switch at startup. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, $35/Year --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
