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Android SD Card detection error

I have this code, that should be executed, when SD card is removed from an Android device (by remove, I understand, that user selects remove from Android device menu or configuration, just as you remove USB device or SD card from any other system, before phisically removing the card):
public void kartkontrol()
{
String state = android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageState();
if (state.equals(android.os.Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED))
{
// We can read and write the media
Durum=" Hafıza Kartı Var (Okuma/Yazma)";
}
else if (android.os.Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED_READ_ONLY.equals(state))
{
// We can only read the media
Durum=" Hafıza Kartı Var (Okuma İzni)";
}
else
{
// No external media
Durum=" Hafıza Kartı Yok";
}
}
Card should be uninstalled and removed, but it seems, that it is actually installed during this process.
What am I doing wrong?

You can find further information in the Android documentation.
There is a nice post here talking about detecting mounted sd card via USB.
you can also use this useful method instead :
static public boolean hasStorage(boolean requireWriteAccess) {
//TODO: After fix the bug, add "if (VERBOSE)" before logging errors.
String state = Environment.getExternalStorageState();
Log.v(TAG, "storage state is " + state);
if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(state)) {
if (requireWriteAccess) {
boolean writable = checkFsWritable();
Log.v(TAG, "storage writable is " + writable);
return writable;
} else {
return true;
}
} else if (!requireWriteAccess && Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED_READ_ONLY.equals(state)) {
return true;
}
return false;
}

code when I remove the card is mounted, but it must be unmounted. I solved this problem with another code. running smoothly. no problem
sSDpath = null;
fileCur = null;
for (String sPathCur : Arrays.asList("ext_card", "external_sd", "ext_sd", "external","extSdCard", "externalSdCard")) // external sdcard
{
fileCur = new File("/mnt/", sPathCur);
if (fileCur.isDirectory() && fileCur.canWrite()) {
sSDpath = fileCur.getAbsolutePath();
kartk.setText("Hafıza Kartı Takılı");
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "kkkBirinci", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
break;
}
}
fileCur = null;
if (sSDpath == null) {
sSDpath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath();
kartk.setText("Hafıza Kartı Takılı Değil");
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "kkkikinci", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}

Bluetooth folder, different path on different phones

I found out that different versions of android puts the received bluetooth files in different folder. For instance, one of my test phones running android 2.2 saves the files to this path:
/mnt/sdcard/Downloads/Bluetooth
and my second test phone, running android 4.0 saves the files here
/mnt/sdcard/Bluetooth
Is this operating system "issue" or is it set from the manufacture of the phone?
If the first statement is the correct can I check which version of android running, and the point to the bluetooth folder? Or is there a much simpler way to do this?
Thanks!

After some hours I made two methods for doing this. You should put the methods in a AsyncTask or a Thread. So here is my two methods:
public List<File> folderSearchBT(File src, String folder)
throws FileNotFoundException {
List<File> result = new ArrayList<File>();
File[] filesAndDirs = src.listFiles();
List<File> filesDirs = Arrays.asList(filesAndDirs);
for (File file : filesDirs) {
result.add(file); // always add, even if directory
if (!file.isFile()) {
List<File> deeperList = folderSearchBT(file, folder);
result.addAll(deeperList);
}
}
return result;
}
This is a recursive method which will add all folders in the src parameter into a List.
I use this method in this method here:
public String searchForBluetoothFolder() {
String splitchar = "/";
File root = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
List<File> btFolder = null;
String bt = "bluetooth";
try {
btFolder = folderSearchBT(root, bt);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
Log.e("FILE: ", e.getMessage());
}
for (int i = 0; i < btFolder.size(); i++) {
String g = btFolder.get(i).toString();
String[] subf = g.split(splitchar);
String s = subf[subf.length - 1].toUpperCase();
boolean equals = s.equalsIgnoreCase(bt);
if (equals)
return g;
}
return null; // not found
}
Hope this helps, guys!

Mount sdcard programmatically in android [duplicate]

I'm working on an Android application that needs to look at what images a user has stored. The problem is that if the user has the sdcard mounted via the USB cable, I can't read the list of images on the disk.
Does anyone know of a way to tell if the usb is mounted so that I could just pop up a message informing the user that it won't work?

If you're trying to access images on the device, the best method is to use the MediaStore content provider. Accessing it as a content provider will allow you to query the images that are present, and map content:// URLs to filepaths on the device where appropriate.
If you still need to access the SD card, the Camera application includes an ImageUtils class that checks if the SD card is mounted as follows:
static public boolean hasStorage(boolean requireWriteAccess) {
//TODO: After fix the bug, add "if (VERBOSE)" before logging errors.
String state = Environment.getExternalStorageState();
Log.v(TAG, "storage state is " + state);
if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(state)) {
if (requireWriteAccess) {
boolean writable = checkFsWritable();
Log.v(TAG, "storage writable is " + writable);
return writable;
} else {
return true;
}
} else if (!requireWriteAccess && Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED_READ_ONLY.equals(state)) {
return true;
}
return false;
}

Here is the checkFsWritable missing function in jargonjustin post
private static boolean checkFsWritable() {
// Create a temporary file to see whether a volume is really writeable.
// It's important not to put it in the root directory which may have a
// limit on the number of files.
String directoryName = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + "/DCIM";
File directory = new File(directoryName);
if (!directory.isDirectory()) {
if (!directory.mkdirs()) {
return false;
}
}
return directory.canWrite();
}

public static boolean isSdPresent() {
return android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageState().equals(android.os.Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED);
}

I apologise for posting a non-Android way of doing this, hopefully someone can provide an answer using the Android API.
You could list the files on the root of the sdcard. If there is none, the sdcard is either entirely blank (unusual, but possible) or it is unmounted. If you try to create an empty file on the sdcard and it fails, it means that you were trying to create a file in the mount-point of the sdcard which would be denied due to a permissions issue so you would know the sdcard was not mounted.
Yes, I know this is ugly....

On jargonjustin's post:
File ImageManager.java
Method hasStorage -->
public static boolean hasStorage(boolean requireWriteAccess) {
String state = Environment.getExternalStorageState();
if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(state)) {
if (requireWriteAccess) {
boolean writable = checkFsWritable();
return writable;
} else {
return true;
}
} else if (!requireWriteAccess
&& Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED_READ_ONLY.equals(state)) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
Method checkFsWritable -->
private static boolean checkFsWritable() {
// Create a temporary file to see whether a volume is really writeable.
// It's important not to put it in the root directory which may have a
// limit on the number of files.
String directoryName =
Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + "/DCIM";
File directory = new File(directoryName);
if (!directory.isDirectory()) {
if (!directory.mkdirs()) {
return false;
}
}
File f = new File(directoryName, ".probe");
try {
// Remove stale file if any
if (f.exists()) {
f.delete();
}
if (!f.createNewFile()) {
return false;
}
f.delete();
return true;
} catch (IOException ex) {
return false;
}
}

I was using cursor for retrieving the images from sd card and when no sd card was inserted in device the cursor was null.
Actually this is the case when the sdcard volume was unmounted by physically removing card from device. This is the code I've used:
Cursor mCursor = this.getContentResolver().query(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, null);
if (mCursor == null || !mCursor .moveToFirst()) {
/**
*mCursor == null:
* - query failed; the app don't have access to sdCard; example: no sdCard
*
*!mCursor.moveToFirst():
* - there is no media on the device
*/
} else {
// process the images...
mCursor.close();
}
More info: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/mediaplayer.html#viacontentresolver

Before you do any work with the external storage, you should always call getExternalStorageState() to check whether the media is available. The media might be mounted to a computer, missing, read-only, or in some other state. For example, here are a couple methods you can use to check the availability:
/* Checks if external storage is available for read and write */
public boolean isExternalStorageWritable() {
String state = Environment.getExternalStorageState();
if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(state)) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
/* Checks if external storage is available to at least read */
public boolean isExternalStorageReadable() {
String state = Environment.getExternalStorageState();
if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(state) ||
Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED_READ_ONLY.equals(state)) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
source:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html

Cool....Check it out...
try {
File mountFile = new File("/proc/mounts");
usbFoundCount=0;
sdcardFoundCount=0;
if(mountFile.exists())
{
Scanner usbscanner = new Scanner(mountFile);
while (usbscanner.hasNext()) {
String line = usbscanner.nextLine();
if (line.startsWith("/dev/fuse /storage/usbcard1")) {
usbFoundCount=1;
Log.i("-----USB--------","USB Connected and properly mounted---/dev/fuse /storage/usbcard1" );
}
}
}
if(mountFile.exists()){
Scanner sdcardscanner = new Scanner(mountFile);
while (sdcardscanner.hasNext()) {
String line = sdcardscanner.nextLine();
if (line.startsWith("/dev/fuse /storage/sdcard1")) {
sdcardFoundCount=1;
Log.i("-----USB--------","USB Connected and properly mounted---/dev/fuse /storage/sdcard1" );
}
}
}
if(usbFoundCount==1)
{
Toast.makeText(context,"USB Connected and properly mounted", 7000).show();
Log.i("-----USB--------","USB Connected and properly mounted" );
}
else
{
Toast.makeText(context,"USB not found!!!!", 7000).show();
Log.i("-----USB--------","USB not found!!!!" );
}
if(sdcardFoundCount==1)
{
Toast.makeText(context,"SDCard Connected and properly mounted", 7000).show();
Log.i("-----SDCard--------","SDCard Connected and properly mounted" );
}
else
{
Toast.makeText(context,"SDCard not found!!!!", 7000).show();
Log.i("-----SDCard--------","SDCard not found!!!!" );
}
}catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}

Format SD card in Android

Things should be simple, but as most of the time, in Android, aren't. I need to format the SD card if the user selects the option in my app. Don't ask me why I need to do this if it's already in the OS... not practical but it's a requirement that I need to implement. As you may know, there is an option in Settings \ Storage \ Erase SD Card. I took a look at the froyo source code and it's something like:
final IMountService service =
IMountService.Stub.asInterface(ServiceManager.getService("mount"));
if (service != null) {
new Thread() {
public void run() {
try {
service.formatVolume(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString());
} catch (Exception e) {
// Intentionally blank - there's nothing we can do here
Log.w("MediaFormat", "Unable to invoke IMountService.formatMedia()");
}
}
}.start();
} else {
Log.w("MediaFormat", "Unable to locate IMountService");
}
It uses android.os.storage.IMountService and android.os.ServiceManager and I don't seem to have access to it. So, as I see it I could recursively search every file and delete it but that would be "not on my taste"... or I could start the screen from Erase SD card to the user.
Any help is more then welcome, as I am stuck.

First of all, I think that you may need to umount .android_secure filesystem before formatting SD card, whatever your approach may be.
Then,
Try including following permissions in your app:
1) MOUNT_FORMAT_FILESYSTEMS - http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#MOUNT_FORMAT_FILESYSTEMS
2) MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS - http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS
Android Settings app already uses the 2nd permission.
================================================================================
When you perform a build of AOSP or any other distribution code, IMountService.java file gets generated automatically. It contains following function which actually sends formatting commands to vold daemon I guess.:
private static class Proxy implements android.os.storage.IMountService
{
private android.os.IBinder mRemote;
Proxy(android.os.IBinder remote)
{
mRemote = remote;
}
public android.os.IBinder asBinder()
{
return mRemote;
}
// **** A LOT OF OTHER CODE IS HERE.....
public int formatVolume(java.lang.String mountPoint) throws android.os.RemoteException
{
android.os.Parcel _data = android.os.Parcel.obtain();
android.os.Parcel _reply = android.os.Parcel.obtain();
int _result;
try {
_data.writeInterfaceToken(DESCRIPTOR);
_data.writeString(mountPoint);
mRemote.transact(Stub.TRANSACTION_formatVolume, _data, _reply, 0);
_reply.readException();
_result = _reply.readInt();
}
finally {
_reply.recycle();
_data.recycle();
}
return _result;
}
}

I can't find again the question here on SO, but It had a working solution. So all credit goes to that guy ;)
public void wipeMemoryCard() {
File deleteMatchingFile = new File(Environment
.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString());
try {
File[] filenames = deleteMatchingFile.listFiles();
if (filenames != null && filenames.length > 0) {
for (File tempFile : filenames) {
if (tempFile.isDirectory()) {
wipeDirectory(tempFile.toString());
tempFile.delete();
} else {
tempFile.delete();
}
}
} else {
deleteMatchingFile.delete();
}
} catch (Exception e) {
Utils.log(e.getMessage());
}
}
private static void wipeDirectory(String name) {
File directoryFile = new File(name);
File[] filenames = directoryFile.listFiles();
if (filenames != null && filenames.length > 0) {
for (File tempFile : filenames) {
if (tempFile.isDirectory()) {
wipeDirectory(tempFile.toString());
tempFile.delete();
} else {
tempFile.delete();
}
}
} else {
directoryFile.delete();
}
}

How to tell if the sdcard is mounted in Android?

I'm working on an Android application that needs to look at what images a user has stored. The problem is that if the user has the sdcard mounted via the USB cable, I can't read the list of images on the disk.
Does anyone know of a way to tell if the usb is mounted so that I could just pop up a message informing the user that it won't work?

If you're trying to access images on the device, the best method is to use the MediaStore content provider. Accessing it as a content provider will allow you to query the images that are present, and map content:// URLs to filepaths on the device where appropriate.
If you still need to access the SD card, the Camera application includes an ImageUtils class that checks if the SD card is mounted as follows:
static public boolean hasStorage(boolean requireWriteAccess) {
//TODO: After fix the bug, add "if (VERBOSE)" before logging errors.
String state = Environment.getExternalStorageState();
Log.v(TAG, "storage state is " + state);
if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(state)) {
if (requireWriteAccess) {
boolean writable = checkFsWritable();
Log.v(TAG, "storage writable is " + writable);
return writable;
} else {
return true;
}
} else if (!requireWriteAccess && Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED_READ_ONLY.equals(state)) {
return true;
}
return false;
}

Here is the checkFsWritable missing function in jargonjustin post
private static boolean checkFsWritable() {
// Create a temporary file to see whether a volume is really writeable.
// It's important not to put it in the root directory which may have a
// limit on the number of files.
String directoryName = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + "/DCIM";
File directory = new File(directoryName);
if (!directory.isDirectory()) {
if (!directory.mkdirs()) {
return false;
}
}
return directory.canWrite();
}

public static boolean isSdPresent() {
return android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageState().equals(android.os.Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED);
}

I apologise for posting a non-Android way of doing this, hopefully someone can provide an answer using the Android API.
You could list the files on the root of the sdcard. If there is none, the sdcard is either entirely blank (unusual, but possible) or it is unmounted. If you try to create an empty file on the sdcard and it fails, it means that you were trying to create a file in the mount-point of the sdcard which would be denied due to a permissions issue so you would know the sdcard was not mounted.
Yes, I know this is ugly....

On jargonjustin's post:
File ImageManager.java
Method hasStorage -->
public static boolean hasStorage(boolean requireWriteAccess) {
String state = Environment.getExternalStorageState();
if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(state)) {
if (requireWriteAccess) {
boolean writable = checkFsWritable();
return writable;
} else {
return true;
}
} else if (!requireWriteAccess
&& Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED_READ_ONLY.equals(state)) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
Method checkFsWritable -->
private static boolean checkFsWritable() {
// Create a temporary file to see whether a volume is really writeable.
// It's important not to put it in the root directory which may have a
// limit on the number of files.
String directoryName =
Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + "/DCIM";
File directory = new File(directoryName);
if (!directory.isDirectory()) {
if (!directory.mkdirs()) {
return false;
}
}
File f = new File(directoryName, ".probe");
try {
// Remove stale file if any
if (f.exists()) {
f.delete();
}
if (!f.createNewFile()) {
return false;
}
f.delete();
return true;
} catch (IOException ex) {
return false;
}
}

I was using cursor for retrieving the images from sd card and when no sd card was inserted in device the cursor was null.
Actually this is the case when the sdcard volume was unmounted by physically removing card from device. This is the code I've used:
Cursor mCursor = this.getContentResolver().query(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, null, null, null, null);
if (mCursor == null || !mCursor .moveToFirst()) {
/**
*mCursor == null:
* - query failed; the app don't have access to sdCard; example: no sdCard
*
*!mCursor.moveToFirst():
* - there is no media on the device
*/
} else {
// process the images...
mCursor.close();
}
More info: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/mediaplayer.html#viacontentresolver

Before you do any work with the external storage, you should always call getExternalStorageState() to check whether the media is available. The media might be mounted to a computer, missing, read-only, or in some other state. For example, here are a couple methods you can use to check the availability:
/* Checks if external storage is available for read and write */
public boolean isExternalStorageWritable() {
String state = Environment.getExternalStorageState();
if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(state)) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
/* Checks if external storage is available to at least read */
public boolean isExternalStorageReadable() {
String state = Environment.getExternalStorageState();
if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(state) ||
Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED_READ_ONLY.equals(state)) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
source:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html

Cool....Check it out...
try {
File mountFile = new File("/proc/mounts");
usbFoundCount=0;
sdcardFoundCount=0;
if(mountFile.exists())
{
Scanner usbscanner = new Scanner(mountFile);
while (usbscanner.hasNext()) {
String line = usbscanner.nextLine();
if (line.startsWith("/dev/fuse /storage/usbcard1")) {
usbFoundCount=1;
Log.i("-----USB--------","USB Connected and properly mounted---/dev/fuse /storage/usbcard1" );
}
}
}
if(mountFile.exists()){
Scanner sdcardscanner = new Scanner(mountFile);
while (sdcardscanner.hasNext()) {
String line = sdcardscanner.nextLine();
if (line.startsWith("/dev/fuse /storage/sdcard1")) {
sdcardFoundCount=1;
Log.i("-----USB--------","USB Connected and properly mounted---/dev/fuse /storage/sdcard1" );
}
}
}
if(usbFoundCount==1)
{
Toast.makeText(context,"USB Connected and properly mounted", 7000).show();
Log.i("-----USB--------","USB Connected and properly mounted" );
}
else
{
Toast.makeText(context,"USB not found!!!!", 7000).show();
Log.i("-----USB--------","USB not found!!!!" );
}
if(sdcardFoundCount==1)
{
Toast.makeText(context,"SDCard Connected and properly mounted", 7000).show();
Log.i("-----SDCard--------","SDCard Connected and properly mounted" );
}
else
{
Toast.makeText(context,"SDCard not found!!!!", 7000).show();
Log.i("-----SDCard--------","SDCard not found!!!!" );
}
}catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}