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Now I've got stuck!

I can not save a text file on my Android phone, I use:

set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath ("documents")
put theList into URL ("file:kkguid3.txt")

But nothing happens, I can not see any file created on my phone, so I'm trying to load the file with:

set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath ("documents")
put URL ("file:file:kkguid3.txt") into x
answer x

Then I get "false" in return

I have also tried to build a stand alone with LC 9 to use the remote debugger but that build crashes immediately at start up.
Is there anyone else who has had this problem with LC9 and Android?

What am I doing wrong?

///Peter

Hi Peter,
I'm not an androïd expert but probably Best regards
Jean-Marc

Peter@multidesk.se wrote:...
But nothing happens, I can not see any file created on my phone, so I'm trying to load the file with:

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 set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath ("documents")
   put URL ("file:file:kkguid3.txt") into x
   answer x

Then I get "false" in return

On the loading part, you only need one file statement, like your first url - Ditto on what Jean-Marc said to try.

Thanks, to both of you

It is so self-explanatory that the entire pathway must be declared. Why could not I see that?

///Peter

Since this technique (setting the defaultfolder first) works on desktop it also SHOULD work on mobile, too!
If it doesn't, I would consider this a bug.

However, why messing around with the defaultfolder when we can provide an absolute pathname?
At least that is the maxim I am acting upon from the very beginning.