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Asked: 2026-05-24T23:25:16+00:00

Assume I’m dealing with a text editor application. I want to store created text

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Assume I’m dealing with a text editor application. I want to store created text files on a folder which will be in the phone or sdcard (from user choice). I just want to save files onto a folder on internal storage(phone). Am i able to create a folder on android internal storage from code and copy these files there? A folder which will not be private to my application or store under “/data/data/MyapplicationPackage/” and witch from the user could access(read)?
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  1. Editorial Team

    To satisfy your requirement you can either:

    1. Have your app’s files and folders stored on external storage (SD card).
    2. Provide some sort of ‘export’ feature letting users export their files and folders (possibly bundled in a zip file). If you use the ACTION_SEND you can let them send the exported files by email, save to Dropbox, etc. practically for free.
    3. Make your data available via a ContentProvider to hide the actual storage mechanism. Depending on the type of data, you might want to control access to that provider.
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