Android Question extSDCard / sdcard0

[merlin2049er]

Hi, I've got 2 storage areas on my samsung tablet :- sdcard0 and extSDCard, how do I identify them in my app?

 

[LucaMs]

I have read (Web) that the apps can not access the extSDCard (or SDCard2), then we can use File.DirDefaultExternal to access the SDCard0 only.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...rd-and-sdcard2-under-mnt-on-my-android-device

 

[merlin2049er]

Oh, bummer. I wanted to put some music files on my external sd card.

 

[KitCarlson]

I have a Sgt2 and put music on extSd. Same with Sgs3 phone. Music players find and play.

 

[margret]

On my SG2, this works:


File.DirRootExternal & "/external_sd/Movies"

 

[DonManfred]

I suppose on KitKat it wont work. But i´ll try it later today...

i have tried it with

Dim flist As List
flist.Initialize
flist = File.ListFiles(File.DirRootExternal)' & "/external_sd/Movies"
For i = 0 To flist.Size -1
    Log(flist.Get(i))
Next

Samsung
Android
.face
Music
Podcasts
Ringtones
Alarms
Notifications
Pictures
Movies
Download
DCIM
Documents
.SPenSDK30
.enref
Nearby
Playlists
.bugsense
WhatsApp
.estrongs
wdh_update
cloudagent
.Spensound
SnoteData
ZooperWidget
.mmsyscache
QuickMark
kinoradar_bilder
burstlyImageCache
.dmplatform
.tapcontext
.thumbnails
.AlarmDroid
Intsig
CamScanner
ebanking
media
andnav2
WaFoeGPS
twonky
secured
osmMaps
.PolarisViewer5
MifareClassicTool
CameraZOOM
AlarmClockXtreme
.avg
backups
sleep-data
DocumentSync
PhoneBackup
airdroid
Video
.adc
amazonmp3
DeskNotifier
LagerBestellung
.mjkf
OSMDownloader
osmand
HoverChat

But that´s not my 2nd SDCard. It´s the phone-intern-sdcard. If i remove the 2nd SDCard and run that code again i get again the same result...

And i badly have no folder external_sd there.

My phone: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with Android 4.4.2

 

[LucaMs]

The last post on that page (it does not mean that it's right, but...):

That isn't recommended as they have already made clear their intentions to break apps ability to do so. That also isn't very reliable across different OEMs since some htc devices use /sdext as well as /sdcard.

 

[DonManfred]

I did not access a special subfolder... i have had a look at the dir i have access to and do a filelisting to look whether there is an subfolder sdcard or extsdcard or storage or something...

Damned.. i have now 32gb (intern sdcard) + 32gb on 2nd sdcard and can only access 32 of it :-(

I really hate it when i pay >600 euro for a new phone and two weeks later google blocks my access with its new android-version... :-/

 

[Rabbit]

You can access it using "/storage/extSdCard"

 

[camolas]

Work for me like this

flist = File.ListFiles("/storage/sdcard1")

 

[Troberg]

If you root the device, the external SD card is freely useable.