getExternalFilesdir Fail

android android-file
Jumpa picture Jumpa · Aug 5, 2015 · Viewed 8k times · Source

OnActivityCreated I'm doing:

activity.getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);

In logcat I get:

com.package W/ContextImpl﹕ Failed to ensure directory: /storage/sdcard1/Android/data/com.package/files/Pictures

This happens only on LOLLIPOP (MOTO G 2014), and everything is fine on KITKAT (Nexus 4). I've WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE on manifest. What am I missing here? The storage is mounted and reachable via a file browsing app (like ES Explorer).

EDIT: Surprisingly the file is correctly created under the directory even if I get the warning reported above.

Answer

Anand Singh picture Anand Singh · Aug 5, 2015

Try this :

String path = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);

and use this permission:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

Actually:

getExternalFilesDir()

It returns the path to files folder inside /Android/data/com.package/files/Pictures on your SD card. And there is no folder named Pictures inside it. So you are getting that error.

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