It is in the emulator. I set up the external storage for the GalaxyTab
in the SDK and AVD Manager. I have it included in the hardware profile
and set to 2048 MiB. The DDMS File Explorer shows that it is located
in /mnt/sdcard. It just won't write to it.

On Jun 12, 11:43 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Where, specifically, are you getting this error?
>
> If this is the emulator, do you have any external storage set up? By
> default, there is none.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Ab Caballero <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Still getting the same error. I followed your advice with:
>
> > File sdDir = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
> > sdDir.mkdirs();
> > File file = new File(sdDir +currentTripName+".kml");
> > FileWriter sdWriter = new FileWriter(file, false);
> > sdWriter.write(fileContents);
> > sdWriter.close();
>
> > also, the manifest includes:
> > <uses-permission
> > android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
> > which i have placed outside of the application tags.
>
> > On Jun 12, 11:09 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Never never never hardwire paths. For example, your paths are wrong
> >> for modern versions of Android. Use
> >> Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() for the root of external
> >> storage.
>
> >> Also, make sure you have the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.
>
> >> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Ab Caballero <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > I am attempting to save data to the sdcard with the following code but
> >> > get a file not found exception:
>
> >> > String fileContents = fileBuf.toString();
> >> > Log.d(tag, fileContents);
> >> > File sdDir = new File("/sdcard/Logger");
> >> > sdDir.mkdirs();
> >> > File file = new File("/sdcard/Logger/"+currentTripName+".kml");
> >> > FileWriter sdWriter = new FileWriter(file, false);
> >> > sdWriter.write(fileContents);
> >> > sdWriter.close();
>
> >> > When i try the following code (API level 8), I get a similar error.
>
> >> > File sdDir = getExternalFilesDir(null);
> >> > File file = new File(getExternalFilesDir(null) + currentTripName
> >> > +".kml");
> >> > FileWriter sdWriter = new FileWriter(file, false);
> >> > sdWriter.write(fileContents);
> >> > sdWriter.close();
>
> >> > Any suggestions? This is driving me nuts.
>
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