Permission denied when writing into sdCard
android, permission-denied, permissions
Solution
For writing to the Sdcard you need to give the permission in your manifest file
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
Problem
I'm trying write a file into SDCard, but I am getting error in logcat: ``` 01-24 09:03:33.647: W/System.err(3353): java.io.FileNotFoundException: /mnt/sdcard/fun/itisfun.txt: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied) 01-24 08:24:28.007: W/System.err(3353): Caused by: libcore.io.ErrnoException: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied) 01-24 09:03:33.756: W/System.err(3353):at libcore.io.Posix.open(Native Method) ``` And here my code to write into SDCard: ``` File root = null; try { // check for SDcard root = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(); Log.i(TAG,"path.." +root.getAbsolutePath()); //check sdcard permission if (root.canWrite()){ File fileDir = new File(root.getAbsolutePath()+"/fun/"); fileDir.mkdirs(); File file = new File(fileDir, "itisfun.txt"); FileWriter filewriter = new FileWriter(file); BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(filewriter); out.write("I m enjoying......dude"); out.close(); } } catch(...) { ... } ``` Manifest: ``` <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /> <permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></permission> ```