Getting permission denied even though it is added

Question

I want to write to a file on the sd card, I added the permission <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>, however when I try it, I dont get any errors in the virtual device, but in LogCat I get the following

12-05 13:09:08.743: E/XMLWriter(367): Permission denied
12-05 13:09:08.753: E/XMLWriter(367): /mnt/sdcard/alzheimer/appointments.xml (Permission denied)

Even though it was working before, now I can't get it to work.

What could I be missing?

are you running this in an emulator?if yes does it have an sdcard? — insomniac, Dec 05 '13 at 11:17
@insomniac I checked the virtual device settings, it seems I didn't specify a space of the sd card, I added some space and will try it now — hakuna matata, Dec 05 '13 at 11:18
@insomniac it worked, turns out it was for the lack of sd card space in the virtual device — hakuna matata, Dec 05 '13 at 11:19
@aizen92 If you can write up specifically what the problem was (and how to recreate and fix it), I suggest posting an answer to your own question. — chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic-, Dec 05 '13 at 11:20

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 05 '13 at 11:23

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It turns out, I did not specify the amount of space for my virtual device's sd card. I just added some space and it worked.

answered Dec 05 '13 at 11:23

hakuna matata

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