DirDefaultExternal Mystery

[RichardN]

I have just changed my development device from an HTC Desire on Android 2.2.2 to a Samsung S4 running 4.2.2. The device is fitted with an SD card but files copied to DirDefaultExternal go to a familiar path.... but at an entirely unexpected <device> in what appears to be the phone's hard memory.

When plugging in the phone as a USB device Windows shows two separate devices, a 'phone' and an 'SD Card'. It seems I am unable to read/write to the SD card using DirDefaultExternal.

What am I missing here ?

 

[exjey]

Maybe you can try DirRootExternal. Testing my apps with .DirDefaultExternal saves files to the root of the SD card. Also i can assume that "DirDEFAULTexternal" goes to something that is OS -related, so dependable from the device itself. Maybe i am wrong, its a thought.

 

[Erel]

DirDefaultExternal points to the app default path on the external storage. Some devices include several external storages. There isn't any API in Android to automatically find the other storages.

 

[Jost aus Soest]

getSDCardPath

http://www.b4x.com/forum/basic4andr...xternal-sd-card-root-folder-2.html#post134171