I have phone (B15 CAT) with a sd card slot. When i insert a sdcard in this phone and asking for the external storage directory with :
Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
it always return an space on sdcard0 which is the internal memory. This memory is too small for my need. By listing /mnt i found a mount point named /sdcard2 which is the "real" scard. Unfortunately sdcard2 doesn't seems to be a standard and some other brand will use some other name...
Knowing that getExternalStorageDirectory() seems working as expected on phone with no sdcard slot , like nexus 4, how should i handle external storage to be sure to write on the sdcard (big space available) and not on internal memory ?
I have tried something like this :
File mnt = new File("/mnt");
File[] liste = mnt.listFiles();
boolean hassd2 = false;
for(File mount : liste) {
if(folder.getName().equals("sdcard2") {
hassd2 = true;
break;
}
}
String path = "";
if(hassd2) {
path = "/sdcard2/my/folder/"
} else {
File p = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath()+"/my/folder/");
path = p.toString();
}
It's working but only with this specific phone and others one with no sdcard slot ...