Android mkdir() returns false, doesn't create folder

Question

This is driving me crazy. I have tried all kinds of syntaxes but both mkdir() and mkdirs() return false.

My code:

String extStorageDirectory = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString();

File folder = new File(extStorageDirectory, "myportal");
boolean bool = folder.mkdir();

File pdfFile = new File(folder, fileName);

try{
    pdfFile.createNewFile();
}catch (IOException e){
    e.printStackTrace();
}
FileDownloader.downloadFile(fileUrl, pdfFile);

I was getting and IOException: No such file or directory when trying to create the file. The logcat part showed me that no directory was created:

Log.d("BG", "URL: " + fileUrl);
Log.d("BG", "pdfFile: " + pdfFile);
Log.d("BG", "Ext Storage: " + extStorageDirectory);
Log.d("BG", "Ext storage state: " + Environment.getExternalStorageState().toString());
Log.d("BG", "Mkdir return: " + bool);
Log.d("BG", "IsDirectory: " + folder.isDirectory());

And what is printed:

05-26 22:43:03.797 19364-30646/com.kristmiha.myportal2 D/BG: URL: http://192.168.100.65:80/myportal/upload/orari.pdf
05-26 22:43:03.798 19364-30646/com.kristmiha.myportal2 D/BG: pdfFile: /storage/emulated/0/myportal/orari.pdf
05-26 22:43:03.798 19364-30646/com.kristmiha.myportal2 D/BG: Ext Storage: /storage/emulated/0
05-26 22:43:03.804 19364-30646/com.kristmiha.myportal2 D/BG: Ext storage state: mounted
05-26 22:43:03.805 19364-30646/com.kristmiha.myportal2 D/BG: Mkdir return: false
05-26 22:43:03.805 19364-30646/com.kristmiha.myportal2 D/BG: IsDirectory: false

I've double checked permissions and I've put them in the right place. I think I read somewhere that after KitKat we are not allowed to write in the external storage, but have found no solution yet.

Answer 1

Applicable only if your targetSdkVersion 29

Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() is deprecated in API level 29.

To get the same functionality use this line

File mediaStorageDir = context.getExternalFilesDir(null);

If you have checked all the possible error then try this fix.