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Asked: 2026-06-14T15:53:35+00:00

Basically i have two questions. i am using the below code to read and

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Basically i have two questions. i am using the below code to read and write z text file.

    File myFile = new File("/sdcard/mysdfile.txt");
    myFile.createNewFile();
    FileOutputStream fOut = new FileOutputStream(myFile);
    OutputStreamWriter myOutWriter = 
                            new OutputStreamWriter(fOut);
    myOutWriter.append("my text here");
    myOutWriter.close();

this create a new file every time i want this to OPEN_OR_CREATE(if file already exist don’t create a new one)

Ad my second question is that how to change the path “/sdcard/mysdfile.txt” i want this file to stored in my sdcard -> subFolder1 -> SubFolder2

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  1. Editorial Team

    Do not use hardcoded /sdcard or /mnt/sdcard or your app will fail as devices vary on location or mountpoint of that storage. To get the right location use

    Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();

    See docs here.

    To append content to existing file use new FileOutputStream(myFile, true); instead of just new FileOutputStream(myFile); – see docs on that constructor here.

    As for

    how to change the path “/sdcard/mysdfile.txt”

    Aside from getting rid of /sdcard as said above, just add subfolders to the paths: MyFolder1/MyFolder2/mysdfile.txt. Note these folder have to exists or the path will be invalid. You can always create it by calling myFile.mkdirs().

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