emada.adame wrote:
> hi im just trying to save some text to a file on android and while it
> works fine on the emulator "dont crash", when i try it on my phone it
> crashes, what am i doing wrong? heres the code:
>
> try{
> File root = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
> if (root.canWrite()){
> File file = new File(root, "file.txt");
> FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(file);
> BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(writer);
> out.write("some data");
> out.close();
> showMes("File saved.");
> }else{
> showMes("Could not save file.");
> }
> }catch(Exception e){
> showMes(e.toString());
> }
>
> i do know it crashes on " File root =
> Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(); "
That would be very surprising.
Make sure you have the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission. Make sure your
device has an SD card installed, and that it is not mounted on the
development PC as a USB drive.
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