Question

I’m trying to write a file using the FileOutputStreamand OutputStreamWriterbut I keep getting a read only warning.

Here is the code that I am using

FileOutputStream fw = new FileOutputStream((trackName.replaceAll(" ", ""))+".gpx", true);
    OutputStreamWriter osw = new OutputStreamWriter(fw);
    osw.write(XML_HEADER+"\n");
    osw.write(TAG_GPX+"\n");


    writeTrackPoints(trackName, osw, locations, time, trackDescp);
    writeWayPoints(osw, locations,time);
    osw.flush();
    osw.close();

And the Logcatoutput is

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /test.gpx (Read-only file system)
at org.apache.harmony.luni.platform.OSFileSystem.openImpl(Native Method)
at org.apache.harmony.luni.platform.OSFileSystem.open(OSFileSystem.java:152)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:97)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:168)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:147)
at com.fyp.run_race.GPXFileWriter.<init>(GPXFileWriter.java:25)
at com.fyp.run_race.GPSTrackDetails$1.onClick(GPSTrackDetails.java:58)
at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:2408)
at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:8816)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

I ament sure what the problem is really.

Answer 1

You can write files only to Internal Storage (device memory) or External Storage (the SD card), see http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html. Simply opening a FileOutputStream with an arbitrary file name won’t work since that file system is read-only.