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Michał Jabłoński
Michał Jabłoński

Reputation: 393

IO exception while creating file on android sdcard with permissions granted

I am trying to move file from internal phone memory to sd card. 

val oldFile = File(oldPath) //oldPath is string
val newFile = File(newPath) //newPath is string

if(newFile.exists()) {
    newFile.delete()
}

newFile.parentFile.mkdirs()
newFile.createNewFile() //crashes here

// copy file code

Paths are absolute.

Old file path is:

/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.package/files/2ec37ce3-ca72-4a35-a6e6-2d7f8e864c6c

New file path is:

/storage/48EE-C144/chosenDirectory/2ec37ce3-ca72-4a35-a6e6-2d7f8e864c6c

where 2ec37ce3-ca72-4a35-a6e6-2d7f8e864c6c is file.

Paths are proper and the new file path is chosen manually by user with external directory picker library which works fine.

Of course app asks user for permissions and does not shall pass user to app until permissions are not granted.

int perm = this.checkSelfPermission(permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE);
int perm2 = this.checkSelfPermission(permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE);

if (perm != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED || perm2 != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
    /*ask for permissions and show explain dialog*/
}

Parmissions in manifest are added too.

Application crashes while calling newFile.createNewFile() with exception log:

05-07 13:02:14.995 14004-14004/com.packagename E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    Process: com.packagename, PID: 14004
    java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1451)
     Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1563)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1451) 
     Caused by: java.io.IOException: Permission denied
        at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively0(Native Method)
        at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(UnixFileSystem.java:280)
        at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:948)
        at com.packagename.backend.localApi.changePath.PathChanger.changePath(PathChanger.kt:29)
        at com.packagename.backend.localApi.changePath.PathChangeService$changePath$1.onSelect(PathChangeService.kt:49)
        at com.codekidlabs.storagechooser.fragments.ChooserDialogFragment$1.onItemClick(ChooserDialogFragment.java:169)
        at android.widget.AdapterView.performItemClick(AdapterView.java:343)
        at android.widget.AbsListView.performItemClick(AbsListView.java:1665)
        at android.widget.AbsListView$PerformClick.run(AbsListView.java:4075)
        at android.widget.AbsListView$10.run(AbsListView.java:6552)
        at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:751)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6816)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1563) 
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1451) 

Upvotes: 2

Views: 426

Answers (2)

Michał Jabłoński
Michał Jabłoński

Reputation: 393

Solution for me was stop using java classes and migrate to Storage Access Framework

Upvotes: 0

Aks
Aks

Reputation: 506

Need to add permission in AndroidManifest.xml file.

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

Upvotes: 4

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