Question

I have following question. I’d like to place a file named data.xml into sdcard/appname folder and use it for read and write application data.

So, when my main activity creates I need to check if this file exist:

public class appname extends ListActivity {

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

      setContentView(R.layout.no_elements_l);

      File file = getBaseContext().getFileStreamPath("/sdcard/appname/data.xml");
      if(file.exists()) { 

            return;

      } else {

            // create a File object for the parent directory
            File MTdirectory = new File("/sdcard/appname/");

            // have the object build the directory structure, if needed.
            MTdirectory.mkdirs();

            // create a File object for the output file
            File outputFile = new File(MTdirectory, "data.xml");

            // now attach the OutputStream to the file object, instead of a String representation
            FileOutputStream DataFile = new FileOutputStream(outputFile);
      }

But I have Unhandled exception type FileNotFoundException in last line. What’s the problem? Uses permission WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE is added to manifest.

Answer 1

Does the path ‘/sdcard/appname’ exist? You check for the file before you check for the sub-directory ‘appname’. You need to check if that exists before you try to access a file inside it.

Also if you simply need the file to read-write application data why not just go with internal storage – one less manifest permission 🙂 -> read here for internal storage