Android Filing System?

[J. Landman Gay]

On 10/27/17 6:17 AM, Peter Reid via use-livecode wrote:
> The following folderIdentifier values are supported:
> 
> 	• "documents": The folder where application-specific data can be placed (typically valuable)
> 	• "cache": The folder where transient application-specific data can be placed (typically not valuable)
> 	• "temporary": Same as "cache"
> 	• "engine": The (virtual) folder containing the application's LiveCode engine and other resources that were copied into the application at build time
> 	• "resources": Same as "engine".
> 	• "external documents": The folder on the primary shared/external storage device where application-specific data can be placed
> 	• "external cache": The folder on the primary shared/external storage device where transient application-specific data can be placed
> 	• "external temporary": same as "external cache"
> 
> Note: If using any external folderIdentifier values, ensure you have the 'Write External Storage' permission checked in the application standalone settings
> ---------
> 
> The above implies that access to the internal filing system is read-only, even for the "documents" special folder and that the only filing system that I can write to is the external one on the SD card.  Is this correct?

Actually, only the engine folder is read-only. All the others are 
read/write and you should be able to save files to those. It would be 
helpful if you could post an example of a file path that fails.

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