I am new to Android and creating my first application.

I want to create a file in the current directory. Basically I have a
file bundled with aplication package as raw resource. I want to make a
copy of this file in the current

file. The reason to create copy in current directory is that I want my
file reading code in native java, portable code.

To write a file in current directory I am doing following:

        String currentdir = System.getProperty("user.dir");
        String destination = currentdir + "test.txt";
        File fileCon = new File(destination);
        if( ! fileCon.exists() ){
                fileCon.createNewFile();
            }

But on createNewFile statement it is throwing IOException with
following message

java.io.IOException: Parent directory of file is not writable:
temp.txt

So my query is how can I create a file on current directory? The
location current directory is important here as I do not want to make
use of device specific hardcoded path or any Android API while reading
the file. This is so I want my file reading code portable.

Thanks

I am new to Android and creating my first application.

I want to create a file in the current directory. Basically I have a
file bundled with aplication package as raw resource. I want to make a
copy of this file in the current file. The reason to create copy in
current directory is that I want my file reading code in native java,
portable code.

To write a file in current directory I am doing following:

        String currentdir = System.getProperty("user.dir");
        String destination = currentdir + "test.txt";
        File fileCon = new File(destination);
        if( ! fileCon.exists() ){
                fileCon.createNewFile();
            }

But on createNewFile statement it is throwing IOException with
following message

java.io.IOException: Parent directory of file is not writable:
temp.txt

So my query is how can I create a file on current directory? The
location current directory is important here as I do not want to make
use of device specific hardcoded path or any Android API while reading
the file. This is so I want my file reading code portable.

Thanks

You don't.  Use Context to create files and get the paths to your app's
directories.

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 6:47 AM, prajapatmanoj <prajapatma...@gmail.com>wrote:

Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to
provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails.  All such
questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and
answer them.

I am new to Android and creating my first application.

I want to create a file in the current directory. Basically I have a
file bundled with aplication package as raw resource. I want to make a
copy of this file in the current file. The reason to create copy in
current directory is that I want my file reading code in native java,
portable code.

To write a file in current directory I am doing following:

        String currentdir = System.getProperty("user.dir");
        String destination = currentdir + "test.txt";
        File fileCon = new File(destination);
        if( ! fileCon.exists() ){
                fileCon.createNewFile();
            }

But on createNewFile statement it is throwing IOException with
following message

java.io.IOException: Parent directory of file is not writable:
temp.txt

So my query is how can I create a file on current directory? The
location current directory is important here as I do not want to make
use of device specific hardcoded path or any Android API while reading
the file. This is so because I want my file reading code portable.

Thanks