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Asked: 2026-05-28T08:16:36+00:00

I am attempting to write a file to external storage in android. I keep

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I am attempting to write a file to external storage in android. I keep getting the error, “java.io.FileNotFoundException: /mnt/sdcard/Survey.txt (Is a directory).” The method that contains the code for this is as follows: 

public String sendFile(System system) throws FileNotFoundException {

    File writeable = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
            .getAbsolutePath() + "/Survey.txt");
    try {
        writeable.createNewFile();
    } catch (IOException e1) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e1.printStackTrace();
    }

    try {

        Log.w("Before FO", "***");
        if (!Environment.getExternalStorageState().equals(
                Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED)) {
            Toast.makeText(context, "External SD card not mounted",
                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        } else {
            FileOutputStream f = new FileOutputStream(writeable);
            Log.w("before write", "0");

            f.write("HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO".getBytes());
            Log.w("before write", "1");
            f.close();
        }
    } catch (Exception e) {
        Log.w("Write sd", e.toString());
    }

    return writeable.getAbsolutePath();
}

I believe the program is crashing on the FileOutputStream deceleration, because Log.w(“Before FO”, “*“); executes. I have been searching for an answer to this problem for several day, so any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

01-19 14:07:33.839: W/Before FO(641): ***
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641): java.io.FileNotFoundException: /mnt/sdcard/Survey.txt (Is a directory)
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641):    at org.apache.harmony.luni.platform.OSFileSystem.open(Native Method)
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641):    at dalvik.system.BlockGuard$WrappedFileSystem.open(BlockGuard.java:239)
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641):    at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:101)
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641):    at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:77)
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641):    at premise.survey.IOInterface.sendFile(IOInterface.java:315)
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641):    at premise.survey.PremiseSurveyActivity.onClick(PremiseSurveyActivity.java:1119)
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641):    at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:3110)
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641):    at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:11934)
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641):    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:132)
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4123)
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491)
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:841)
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:599)
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/Write sd(641):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
01-19 14:07:33.857: I/ActivityManager(73): Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.CHOOSER cmp=android/com.android.internal.app.ChooserActivity (has extras) } from pid 641
01-19 14:07:33.857: W/WindowManager(73): Failure taking screenshot for (230x341) to layer 21020
01-19 14:07:34.027: I/ActivityManager(73): Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.SEND typ=plain/text flg=0x3000000 cmp=com.android.email/.activity.MessageCompose (has extras) } from pid 641
01-19 14:07:35.269: I/ActivityManager(73): Displayed com.android.email/.activity.MessageCompose: +1s197ms (total +1s391ms)
01-19 14:07:40.647: D/dalvikvm(252): GC_EXPLICIT freed 164K, 5% free 7462K/7815K, paused 4ms+3ms
01-19 14:07:45.727: D/dalvikvm(269): GC_EXPLICIT freed 8K, 8% free 6305K/6791K, paused 13ms+5ms
01-19 14:12:04.720: D/SntpClient(73): request time failed: java.net.SocketException: Address family not supported by protocol
01-19 14:12:15.947: I/Email(293): ReconcilePopImapAccountsSync: start
01-19 14:12:15.977: I/Email(293): ReconcilePopImapAccountsSync: done
01-19 14:12:16.137: D/dalvikvm(293): GC_CONCURRENT freed 236K, 8% free 7787K/8391K, paused 4ms+7ms
01-19 14:12:16.137: W/CursorWrapperInner(293): Cursor finalized without prior close()


Line 315 in IOInterface.java is FileOutputStream f = new FileOutputStream(writeable);
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  1. Editorial Team

    After doing a few more hours of research on this topic, I found a place were another person had posted a different way of doing this, and it is as follows:

    String fileName = surveyName + ".csv";
String headings = "Hello, world!";
File path = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
File file = new File(path, fileName);
path.mkdirs();
OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(file);
os.write(headings.getBytes());
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