[android-developers] Re: getExternalStorageDirectory()

2011-01-16 Thread Bob Kerns
Actually, use: File pathDir = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(); That is, don't use toString() unless and until you actually need it. A File object is more useful. Don't perform string operations to construct file paths. For example, write File logDir = new File(pathDir, "logg"); logDi

Re: [android-developers] Re: getExternalStorageDirectory()

2011-01-16 Thread Kumar Bibek
Yup, thats better. :) Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com http://www.kbeanie.com On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 11:15 PM, Bob Kerns wrote: > Actually, use: > > File pathDir = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(); > > That is, don't use toString() unless and until you actually need it. A >

[android-developers] Re: getExternalStorageDirectory() on NEXUS S

2010-12-19 Thread Doug
On Dec 19, 2:14 pm, Tabman wrote: > I have a question related to this. How many phones are out there with this > type of behavior ? I want to access Camera Photos/Videos on a phone and for > that I've used EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI but it seems that approach would fail on > a phone like Droid Incredibl

[android-developers] Re: getExternalStorageDirectory() on NEXUS S

2011-01-04 Thread Tabman
Thanks Doug, Your reply is very helpful, you also replied to another post of mine so thanks again :) On Dec 20 2010, 1:51 am, Doug wrote: > On Dec 19, 2:14 pm, Tabman wrote: > > > I have a question related to this. How many phones are out there with this > > type of behavior ? I want to access

[android-developers] Re: getExternalStorageDirectory() on NEXUS S

2011-01-29 Thread Tabman
"It's forced into the built-in space that will get picked up by the Android media scanner when it indexes EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI." btw I don't think the media scanner picks it up. The media scanner would need to be explicitly told to look at '/mnt/emmc' On Jan 4, 12:45 pm, Tabman wrote: > Thanks D