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Asked: 2026-06-16T00:06:14+00:00

My code myDb = openOrCreateDatabase(/sdcard/FashionGirl/ImagesDB.db, Context.MODE_PRIVATE, null); myDb = openOrCreateDatabase(dbPath, Context.MODE_PRIVATE, null); worked perfectly,

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My code 

myDb = openOrCreateDatabase("/sdcard/FashionGirl/ImagesDB.db", Context.MODE_PRIVATE, null);
myDb = openOrCreateDatabase(dbPath, Context.MODE_PRIVATE, null);

worked perfectly, but was giving warning Do not hardcode "/sdcard/"; use Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath() instead

So I tried,

String dbPath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() + "FashionGirl/ImagesDB.db";
myDb = openOrCreateDatabase(dbPath, Context.MODE_PRIVATE, null);

But strangely, its not working, where Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() has value /storage

So its giving error, 

12-17 19:32:02.230: E/SqliteDatabaseCpp(15620): sqlite3_open_v2("/storageFashionGirl/ImagesDB.db", &handle, 6, NULL) failed
12-17 19:32:02.230: E/SQLiteDatabase(15620): Failed to open the database. closing it.
12-17 19:32:02.230: E/SQLiteDatabase(15620): android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCantOpenDatabaseException: unable to open database file
12-17 19:32:02.230: E/SQLiteDatabase(15620):    at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.dbopen(Native Method)
12-17 19:32:02.230: E/SQLiteDatabase(15620):    at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(SQLiteDatabase.java:983)
12-17 19:32:02.230: E/SQLiteDatabase(15620):    at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(SQLiteDatabase.java:956)
12-17 19:32:02.230: E/SQLiteDatabase(15620):    at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(SQLiteDatabase.java:932)

So why something recommended by Android is not working, what should I do?

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  1. Editorial Team
    String dbPath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() + "FashionGirl/ImagesDB.db";
myDb = openOrCreateDatabase(dbPath, Context.MODE_PRIVATE, null);

    Please do not use concatenation for constructing file paths. Try:

    File dbPath = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "FashionGirl/ImagesDB.db");
myDb = openOrCreateDatabase(dbPath.getAbsolutePath(), Context.MODE_PRIVATE, null);

    But strangely, its not working, where Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() has value /storage

    That is because /sdcard has been deprecated for nearly three years.

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