All Android Directory Path

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All Android Directory Path

1) System directories

⚠️ We can't write to these folers

Method	Result
Environment.getDataDirectory()	/data
Environment.getDownloadCacheDirectory()	/cache
Environment.getRootDirectory()	/system

2) External storage directories

⚠️ Need WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE Permission

Method	Result
Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()	/storage/sdcard0
Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_ALARMS)	/storage/sdcard0/Alarms
Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DCIM)	/storage/sdcard0/DCIM
Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS)	/storage/sdcard0/Download
Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_MOVIES)	/storage/sdcard0/Movies
Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_MUSIC)	/storage/sdcard0/Music
Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_NOTIFICATIONS)	/storage/sdcard0/Notifications
Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES)	/storage/sdcard0/Pictures
Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PODCASTS)	/storage/sdcard0/Podcasts
Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_RINGTONES)	/storage/sdcard0/Ringtones

3) Application directories

Method	Result
getCacheDir()	/data/data/package/cache
getFilesDir()	/data/data/package/files
getFilesDir().getParent()	/data/data/package

4) Application External storage directories

Method	Result
getExternalCacheDir()	/storage/sdcard0/Android/data/package/cache
getExternalFilesDir(null)	/storage/sdcard0/Android/data/package/files
getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_ALARMS)	/storage/sdcard0/Android/data/package/files/Alarms
getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_DCIM)	/storage/sdcard0/Android/data/package/files/DCIM
getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS)	/storage/sdcard0/Android/data/package/files/Download
getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_MOVIES)	/storage/sdcard0/Android/data/package/files/Movies
getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_MUSIC)	/storage/sdcard0/Android/data/package/files/Music
getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_NOTIFICATIONS)	/storage/sdcard0/Android/data/package/files/Notifications
getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES)	/storage/sdcard0/Android/data/package/files/Pictures
getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_PODCASTS)	/storage/sdcard0/Android/data/package/files/Podcasts
getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_RINGTONES)	/storage/sdcard0/Android/data/package/files/Ringtones

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Is there way to write under storage but not in sdcard0?

@sauliko sdcard0 is the internal phone's storage, to write to external sd cards: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40068984/universal-way-to-write-to-external-sd-card-on-android

Can we crete own folder in /storage/sdcard0/Android/data/package/files in the following way:

val myTestFolder = File(getExternalFilesDir(null), "testFolder")
myTestFolder.mkdirs()

?

Because on Android documentation :
"Note: On Android 11 (API level 30) and higher, apps cannot create their own app-specific directory on external storage."

https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage/app-specific#external-access-files

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