I bought B4A to rewrite a data logger I wrote in VB6. It requires the data to be written to a removable flash drive.
The kitkat dictate of only accessing files in Android/data/b4a.example/ does not seem to present a problem.
However I don't see how to address the secondary external storage and create the file and directories. Please would someone write me a few lines of example code that will work on Nexus 7 to get me started.
Thanks.
I have an Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Tablet 10,1 and it HAS two SDCards like my Phone. An internal and an external.
I found the folder like suggested in above thread under /mnt/sdcard/exStorages/SdCard but it may vary in different devices...
I'm going round in circles. I cannot find anything with B4A that sees the flash drive.
Using a Nexus 7 2013, otg cable and 4GB drive. OTG Disk Explorer Lite is letting me look at files and directories.
If kitkat only allows reading or writing in Android/data/MyAppName/ , how do these directories get created ?
You should be able to create the folder yourself. Note that it is not MyAppName. The folder is based on the package name.
There is a new method in Android 4.4 that allows you to get the path:
B4X:
Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
Dim paths() As Object = GetContext.RunMethod("getExternalFilesDirs", Array(Null))
For Each p As Object In paths
Log(p)
Next
End Sub
Sub GetContext As JavaObject
Return GetBA.GetField("context")
End Sub
Sub GetBA As JavaObject
Dim jo As JavaObject
Dim cls As String = Me
cls = cls.SubString("class ".Length)
jo.InitializeStatic(cls)
Return jo.GetFieldJO("processBA")
End Sub