How to read and write files to removable sd card in Android?
I want to store Android Id in Text file. The text file should be created on external sdcard.
Code:
PackageManager m = getPackageManager();
String s = getPackageName();
PackageInfo p = m.getPackageInfo(s, 0);
s = p.applicationInfo.dataDir;
File myFile = new File(s + "/MyDoople.txt");
myFile.createNewFile();
FileOutputStream fOut = new FileOutputStream(myFile);
OutputStreamWriter myOutWriter = new OutputStreamWriter(fOut);
myOutWriter.append(TxtS.getText());
myOutWriter.close();
fOut.close();
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(),"Text Updated",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
The Second is
File sdCard = new File("file:///mnt/external_sd/");
File myFile = new File(sdCard, "test.txt");
FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(myFile);
writer.append(TESTSTRING);
writer.flush();
writer.close();
Try the below. Use Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() to get the path
File dir =new File(android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),"MyFolder");
if(!dir.exists())
{
dir.mkdirs();
}
String filename= "MyDoople.txt";
try
{
File f = new File(dir+File.separator+filename);
FileOutputStream fOut = new FileOutputStream(f);
OutputStreamWriter myOutWriter = new OutputStreamWriter(
fOut);
myOutWriter.append("Mytest");
myOutWriter.close();
fOut.close();
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(),
"Text Updated",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
To update:
try
{
FileWriter fileWritter = new FileWriter(f,true);
BufferedWriter bufferWritter = new BufferedWriter(fileWritter);
bufferWritter.write("Mydata");
bufferWritter.close();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
Result on my device when i opened with a text file viewer.
Edit:
The below is hackish and not the recommended way.
In my device (Samsung Galaxy s3) my internal phone memory is named sdCard0 and my external extSdcard. This Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() will give path of internl memory. In such cases you can use the below to get path of external memory.
String externalpath = new String();
String internalpath = new String();
public void getExternalMounts() {
Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
try
{
Process proc = runtime.exec("mount");
InputStream is = proc.getInputStream();
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
String line;
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
if (line.contains("secure")) continue;
if (line.contains("asec")) continue;
if (line.contains("fat")) {//external card
String columns[] = line.split(" ");
if (columns != null && columns.length > 1) {
externalpath = externalpath.concat("*" + columns[1] + "\n");
}
}
else if (line.contains("fuse")) {//internal storage
String columns[] = line.split(" ");
if (columns != null && columns.length > 1) {
internalpath = internalpath.concat(columns[1] + "\n");
}
}
}
}
catch(Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
System.out.println("Path of sd card external............"+externalpath);
System.out.println("Path of internal memory............"+internalpath);
}