Question

i would like to do a simple operation. Create a file in android, but i don’t know why. android didn’t create this file. Android stop between debug 2 and debug 3.The folder is not created. I don’t understand why.

try {
File inventoryDir = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+"/ludovic");
String userfile = "/session.txt";
if (!inventoryDir.exists()){
inventoryDir.mkdirs();
Log.i("debug","debug 1");   
}
File userFile = new File(inventoryDir, userfile);
Log.i("debug","file path "+userFile.getAbsolutePath());
                    Log.i("debug","debug 2");           
                    FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(userFile);
                    Log.i("debug","debug 3");
                    BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(fw);
                    Log.i("debug","debug 4");
                    bw.write("teste d'ecriture");
                    Log.i("debug","debug 5");
                    bw.close();
                    Log.i("debug","debug 6");
                    Log.i("debug","enregistre");
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    Log.i("debug","non enregistre");
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

i have test this code

    try { // catches IOException below
                    final String TESTSTRING = new String("Hello Android");

                    // ##### Write a file to the disk #####
                    /* We have to use the openFileOutput()-method
                     * the ActivityContext provides, to
                     * protect your file from others and
                     * This is done for security-reasons.
                     * We chose MODE_WORLD_READABLE, because
                     *  we have nothing to hide in our file */             
                    FileOutputStream fOut = openFileOutput("samplefile.txt",
                                                            MODE_WORLD_READABLE);
                    OutputStreamWriter osw = new OutputStreamWriter(fOut); 

                    // Write the string to the file
                    osw.write(TESTSTRING);
                    /* ensure that everything is
                     * really written out and close */
                    osw.flush();
                    osw.close();

Whith this code, i didn’t have problem’s to create file but i don’t find this file if i search with windows explorer.

Answer 1

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  package="byd.eagle"
  android:versionCode="1"
  android:versionName="1.0">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS"/>  
<application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
    <activity android:name=".EagleBackup"
              android:label="@string/app_name">
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
</application>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />

Look at this code sample. The location where the uses-permission declared is the key. Just try both in and out the activity!