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Stevie Obillo
Stevie Obillo

Reputation: 1

Why does getExternalFilesDir save my file to Internal Storage

I just started developing an android app so I need your help guys.

Here's my code.

private File createImageFile() throws IOException{
        File image = null;
        String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss").format(new Date()); //Get Date
        String imageFileName = "JPEG_" + timeStamp + "_";
        File storageDir = getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES); //Get the directory of pictures


        if (isExertnalStorageWritable()){
            if(isExternalStorageReadable()) {
                image = File.createTempFile(imageFileName, ".jpg", storageDir); //Create the temp file
                mCurrentPhotoPath = image.getAbsolutePath();
            }
        }

        return image;
    }

but my temp file is always being created in the internal storage, not in the External storage.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4984

Answers (2)

Prajwal Waingankar
Prajwal Waingankar

Reputation: 2710

// Use this code changes to make your data to be stored in your external storage 

File storageDir = getExternalFilesDir("Pictures");

Upvotes: 1

Nicolas Sebastian Maldonado
Nicolas Sebastian Maldonado

Reputation: 1

File storageDir = getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);

I believe in this line you are asking for the directory of pictures that are listed for the user. Try pasing null instead like this: 

File storageDir = getExternalFilesDir(null);

Let me know if that worked for you! Good luck!

Upvotes: 0

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