[android-developers] Re: Xoom external storage

Oh, thank you. I completely misunderstood it before.

On júl. 16, 18:20, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 12:15 PM, b_t <bartata...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Can somebody explain something aboutXoom?
>
> > I would like to getexternalsd path
>
> There is no such concept in Android as "externalsd path".
>
> > but it returns the internal
> > storage as
> > /mnt/sdcard
>
> No, that isexternalstorage.Externalstorage does not mean "can be
> physically removed by the user without requiring a soldering iron".Externalstorage means "can be mounted as a drive or volume on a host
> machine when the device is connected via USB".
>
> > The real sd path is /mnt/external1 but I can't get it from the Api.
>
> There is no API to get an "sd path". Device manufacturers will declare
> something to beexternalstorage. On older devices, this tends to be
> an SD card. On newer devices, this tends to be on-board flash. Newer
> devices withexternalstorage as on-board flash may also have some
> form of SD card slot; there is no API means of getting a path to that
> SD card slot or determining its state (e.g., is there media in it).
>
> > Is it a bug inXoomfirmware?
>
> No.
>
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