I am developing and android application with emulator of Android Studio 3.6. I am using a virtual device of Nexus 7 with andoird 10.
I have given permission on the manifest file and I have asked for the user to give permission for read write to the external storage.
Although permissions are ok I can not create a folder on the external storage. I attempt to write form a background proccess.
This is the excerpt og manifest file
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
This is the excerpt of my Main Activity where I ask the the user to give permission and call the background proccess: UnitDataUpdater
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
public static final String EXTRA_MESSAGE = "com.example.myfirstapp.MESSAGE";
public static final int MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_EXTERNAL_STORAGE = 1;
// public static String SERVER_API_URL = "http://local.xxxx.xxxxx.eu/index.php?option=com_alumincocc&view=examlist&Itemid=122&format=json&unitCode=";
// public static LinearLayout examList;
public JSONArray uiData;
ListView examsList;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
checkPermissions();
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
String url = "http://xxxxx.xxxxx.eu/index.php?option=com_alumincocc&view=examlist&Itemid=122&format=json&unitCode=478050";
String result = "";
examsList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.examsList);
UnitDataUpdater process = new UnitDataUpdater(this);
try {
result = process.execute(url).get();
} catch (ExecutionException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
........
public void checkPermissions() {
if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)
!= PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
||
ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)
!= PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(MainActivity.this,
new String[]{Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE},
MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_EXTERNAL_STORAGE);
}
}
@Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode,
@NonNull String[] permissions,
@NonNull int[] grantResults) {
super
.onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode,
permissions,
grantResults);
if (requestCode == MY_PERMISSIONS_REQUEST_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) {
// Checking whether user granted the permission or not.
if (grantResults.length > 0
&& grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
// Showing the toast message
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,
"Write Permission Granted",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
.show();
} else {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,
"Write Permission Denied",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
.show();
}
}
}
}
And this is the background process where I try to write to the external storage. The method getAppDi is where I am trying to create a new folder. This folder is never created so the rest of the class throws errors.
A strange thing is that at the emulator I don't see the Document folder. I have try the same thing on Downloads folder but still the same.
public class UnitDataUpdater extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
// private static String REMOTE_URL = "http://local.xxxxxx.xxxxx.eu/index.php?option=com_alumincocc&view=examlist&Itemid=122&format=json&unitCode=";
private String data = "";
public static final String REQUEST_METHOD = "GET";
public static final int READ_TIMEOUT = 15000;
public static final int CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 15000;
private String filePrefix = "i";
private MainActivity mainActivity;
public UnitDataUpdater(Activity mainActivity) {
this.mainActivity = (MainActivity) mainActivity;
}
........
private String getAppDir() {
String externalStoragePublicDirectory = Environment
.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS)
.getAbsolutePath();
String appDirPath = externalStoragePublicDirectory + "/XXXXUnitData";
File appDir = new File(appDirPath);
if (!appDir.exists()) {
if (!appDir.mkdir()) {
try {
throw new Exception("Storage Error");
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
}
}
return appDir.getAbsolutePath();
}
}
Any help is appreciated
On Android Q external storage is not readable and writable. Use getExternalFilesDir(null) instead. You do not need any read write permission then in manifest or at runtime.