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Lefty
Lefty

Reputation: 53

Can't create new file path in External Storage

I am new to Android and mostly using snippets of code from other posts to build my project. I am having a hard time creating a new directory and file on my device. I am using the following code, but I am unable to verify the success of the creation of this path. I want to be able to mount my phone to my laptop and find a file named "MyRecording.pcm" in a folder "/My/Files". I am using the boolean value of mkdirs() to verify whether or not the path was created on my device. If that path was not created then my TextView will tell me "Directories do not exist"; otherwise, my code will create the file MyRecording.pcm. I keep getting an error/warning "result of mkdirs() is ignored". Please help.

File path = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/My/Files");
    path.mkdirs();
    if(!path.exists()) { statusText.setText("Directories do not exist");}
    else recordingFile = File.createTempFile("MyRecording", ".pcm", path);

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1184

Answers (1)

jburn2712
jburn2712

Reputation: 167

Do you have the permission set in your manifest?

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

Also, Android Studio is giving you the warning about mkDirs () because it returns a boolean indicating whether the directory was created. It's just reminding you that you never used the result. It doesn't matter.

Upvotes: 1

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