Android Question FILE ACCESS

[pazzokli]

Hi, I need to read and write a txt file
What is the best location to put the file and witch permission I've to manage? How?

thanks

 

[Brian Dean]

If that is all that you want to do then use File.DirInternal. But I suspect that you have not told us everything.

 

[Erel]

Check this flow chart: Flow chart to help choose folder

 

[Roger Daley]

If the text is only for use by the App I agree with Brian Dean. If you need the user to have access directly,. IE Something you can send to someone else Etc. have a look at Erel's B4X Text Editor example.

It provides the means to read/write to external memory. IE SD Card, Gdrive Etc. By pinching the code I have been able transfer files between DirInternal and the SD Card.

That I have been successful shows it is not that hard and Erel has made a great job of keeping it simple.

Regards Roger

 

[pazzokli]

Thank you to ALL for your answer and your TIME (in Italy we say "Time is money")
App ask some information to the user and store them in a text file, so for the user location is not important.
If I use File.DirInternal, dir is deleted if I remove APP?

 

[Brian Dean]

Yes - DirInternal is removed when an app is uninstalled.

 

[Roger Daley]

With what I wrote earlier you could back up DirInternal by exporting the text files to external memory and if the App is reinstalled the text files can be imported from the external memory.

 

[pazzokli]

If there is an upgrade with same package name?

 

[Roger Daley]

If there is an upgrade with same package name?

Should not be a problem.

Roger