Android internal download folder path

Improve this answer. Derlin 8, 2 2 gold badges 24 24 silver badges 45 45 bronze badges. If so, is there an alternative? The only alternative would be to rely on some other app like a file manager that exposes a "save file" action you could access via an intent. There are no standard intents for doing that, however. Refer here — Ashish Emmanuel. Show 2 more comments. You need to set this permission in your manifest.

Bo Persson As of API level 23 Marshmallow you also need to request the permission at run time. See Working with System Permissions for more info. But I faced java. Updated getExternalStoragePublicDirectory is deprecated.

Update: The Direct filesystem access to storage has become limited in recent versions of Android. Any updates on how to get the true common download folder? This is because in Marshmallow, Google completely revamped how permissions work. Juri Noga 4, 7 7 gold badges 35 35 silver badges 49 49 bronze badges. Mark Lu Mark Lu 1, 1 1 gold badge 12 12 silver badges 18 18 bronze badges.

Yvgen Yvgen 1, 15 15 silver badges 24 24 bronze badges. File; import java. FileOutputStream; import java. BufferedReader; import java. FileInputStream; import java. IOException; import java. The data saved under cache folder will be deleted automatically by Android system if the spare space of internal storage is not enough or full; The data saved under files folder will NOT be deleted unless device user clear it explicitly. Joined: Jan 21, Posts: I'm pretty sure you are going to have to create native plugins to access directories like that.

Joined: Oct 8, Posts: Hardcoding your phones path would result in incompatibility for many other phones. Have a look on how to create native android plugins. Had the same problem, isnt that difficult to write an native one for it. DataPath for example? No, we understand what you are saying And you can only find this out by using a native plugin But is there any way to put the XML in the application.

I try to fin the application. But what i dont understand, why dont you just let the user set options in app? Storage hierarchy Since Android is a Linux-based operating system, your handset features a Linux-esque file system structure. This sector is wiped when performing a factory reset. This can be wiped to fix certain issues and is automatically rebuilt and updated over time. Normally you can only access app data saved in the user data partition.

Root access is required for apps and users to access other memory locations. Your internal storage can be accessed both through your PC or directly on your phone via a file browser. Android — This is the default location used for app cache and saved data. Alarms, Ringtones, Notifications — This folder stores custom audio files for alarms, ringtones, and notifications that can be used by some default and third party apps.