The next question is: How do we developers get access to a shared partition on the internal storage (e.g. /emmc)? What method call can we use to obtain it so that at least we can select it if necessary (e.g. give user the option to use external storage or shared internal storage)? How would we do this in a way that won't break on other phones?
On Apr 28, 1:54 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > Streets Of Boston wrote: > > Question for Google engineers: > > I hope you'll settle for little ol' me. > > > Since the HTC Incredible does not come with an SD-card, what is the > > return value of this call: > > > Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() > > /sdcard > > This has been confirmed, courtesy of Scott Webster of AndroidGuys, who > was kind enough to run a test app I tossed together to see what the > Incredible reported. > > > Or is the returned File still pointing to "/sdcard" which is just in > > an unmounted state? > > Yes. That aspect -- returning the same value mounted or unmounted -- is > nothing new, AFAIK. For example, Scott's test Incredible has no SD card > installed, and so getExternalStorageState() is returning MEDIA_REMOVED, > as I would expect. > > So, the Incredible, by default, appears to behave like any regular > Android device, except that the samples being sent around now do not > have an SD card pre-installed. Assuming Verizon comes through with their > plans to ship a 2GB card with every device, that at least will be less > of an issue. If Verizon backpedals, everybody is in a world of hurt. > > I did not attempt to test access to the big on-board flash partition > (/emmc), for fear it might screw up Scott's test device. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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
