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Posted: **Tue Dec 22, 2015 10:03 am**

Hey Guys!

I am having trouble with creating a directory on my Android tablet. I am using the following;

create directory "/mnt/sdcard/MyApp/Test"

I have also tried create folder but to no avail...

Any help is appreciated,

Many Thanks,

Matthew.

Posted: **Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:28 am**

Hi...

To create a folder on your tablet and at the same time, say an empty text file... try this

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on openStack
   set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath("documents")
   if there is not a folder "myfolder" then
      create folder "myfolder"
      set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath("documents") & "/myfolder
      put empty into URL("file:" & "mytextstuff")
   end if
end openStack

Other standard file locations can be queried using the specialFolderPath() function. The following paths are supported on Android:

engine – the (virtual) path to the engine and its assets
documents – the path to a folder to use for per-application data files
cache – the path to a folder to use for transient per-application data files

The Android filesystem is case-sensitive – this is different from (most) Mac installs and Windows so take care to ensure that you consistently use the same casing of filenames when constructing them.

Posted: **Tue Dec 22, 2015 7:50 pm**

Be sure that you have selected "Write external storage" in the Android standalone settings. Also, be aware that devices may see external storage differently so the path may not be the same on all devices. On my Samsung S5 the path to external storage is "/sdcard/". On other devices it may be in "/mnt/" as you have it (I think it was that way on my S4 but I don't have a card in that one any more so I can't check.)

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