This is a nice unofficial write-up: http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/02/17/external-blues-google-has-brought-big-changes-to-sd-cards-in-kitkat-and-even-samsung-may-be-implementing-them/
-- K On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 2:46:47 PM UTC+4, Enrique López Mañas wrote: > > The best reference is probably the Android Developers section about the > storage options. > > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html > > > 2014-04-08 12:41 GMT+02:00 [email protected] <javascript:> < > [email protected] <javascript:>>: > >> I have been away from developing for a while and have lost track of the >> changes that have been made in file access rules. >> It used to be that the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission gave full access >> to create public files. >> When my Note 3 was updated to KitKat my app lost the ability to write to >> the external SD card. >> >> My app regularly creates or modifies files to the external storage >> device. I want these to be public, that is any app can get to them and I >> can modify them when I connect the phone to the computer using USB. >> >> Is there a good reference to describe the new access rules and how I can >> accomplish this? >> >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]<javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Enrique López Mañas > > *Twitter:* http://twitter.com/eenriquelopez > *Google+:* http://goo.gl/1PLi2a > *Phone:* +34 655 155 199 (ES) > +49 157 84281461 (DE) > *Site:* http://www.lopez-manas.com > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

