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AppGameKit Classic Chat / Read a file located on the sdcard? Is it possible on Android?

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peterJBE
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Posted: 5th Feb 2012 11:15
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I try to use OpenToRead(1,"/sdcard/AGK/Unknown/peter121212.res")
This is exactly the spelling I see in the file browser.
I take care to using capital letters if neccessary.

I get an error message saying it is impossible to open the file.
Is it possible to read a file from the sd card on Android.

Can someone Help me?
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BatVink
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Posted: 5th Feb 2012 21:24
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It's a security feature, you can only read the application directory.
It's possible to do on Android, but it triggers a warning to the user.

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bjadams
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Posted: 5th Feb 2012 22:53
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So does AppGameKit create a directory on /sdcard?
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Paul Johnston
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Posted: 7th Feb 2012 23:40
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all AppGameKit apps create a folder using their app name as /sdcard/AGK/<appname> all read and write commands are relative to this directory (and anything that happens to be in the "assets" folder in tier 2.
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bjadams
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Will this structure change in 107 with the new DIR commands?

If my application does not write out any data, I see no need for the AGK/<appname> dir to be created on /sdcard

This is the same "problem" I am having on Windows.
On iOS no extra dirs are created for example.
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peterJBE
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Posted: 8th Feb 2012 21:38
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I followed the procedure under Guides Android Tier 1 : "Integrating your application in the player" to make a standalone application on my Android Phone. All functions well. The name of the application is "observatie".
It makes a write directory on my sd card with the path: /sdcard/AGK/Unknown/
instead of
/sdcard/AGK/observatie/

Is this normal?

(I further think /sdcard/AGK/Unknown/ directory was created previously and is also used by an AppGameKit application I downloaded from the app market.)

(When I test an application on the Android player (not stand alone) it creates a separate directory with the right name).
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Paul Johnston
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It might be that I had trouble getting the app name in tier 2 on android, in which case I just default the folder name to "Unknown". The Android Player handles it slightly differently. I'm sure there must be an app data directory for Android apps, I shall have to investigate when I get the chance.
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bjadams
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Posted: 9th Feb 2012 11:33
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Every android app has a data folder in /data/data/yourapp/, where you have subfolders (files, databases, cache, pictures) etc.

Can't you create data files in here, like in iOS?
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