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Asked: 2026-06-17T17:40:20+00:00

Can anyone explain me which is the external-storage in android? I thought that we

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Can anyone explain me which is the in android? I thought that we mean the sd card but after i unmount the card i can still store images in the external storage! The code that i am using is the below:

File path = new File(
                Environment
                        .getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES)
                        + File.separator + album);
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  1. Editorial Team

    According to the docs:

    It’s possible that a device using a partition of the internal storage for the external storage may also offer an SD card slot. In this case, the SD card is not part of the external storage and your app cannot access it (the extra storage is intended only for user-provided media that the system scans).

    So, you cannot be guaranteed that “external storage” means “on the sd card”.

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