As gilonm mentioned, external (removable) Sd path varies from device to device, but I wrote a method, which iterates through all the different ext paths that the different manufacturers use, and then it finds the exact match.
It returns empty String if path isn't found. If a path is found, you still need to verify whether the card is inserted or not. (By checking if sub-folders exist on that path)
Note: I used StreamSupport library inside the method, so you'll need to download the jar file and add it to libs folder of your project and that's it, it'll work!
public static String getExternalSdPath(Context context) {
List<String> listOfFoldersToSearch = Arrays.asList("/storage/", "/mnt/", "/removable/", "/data/");
final List<String> listOf2DepthFolders = Arrays.asList("sdcard0", "media_rw", "removable");
final List<String> listOfExtFolders = Arrays.asList("sdcard1", "extsdcard", "external_sd", "microsd", "emmc", "ext_sd", "sdext",
"sdext1", "sdext2", "sdext3", "sdext4");
final String[] thePath = {""};
Optional<File> optional = StreamSupport.stream(listOfFoldersToSearch)
.filter(new Predicate<String>() {
@Override
public boolean test(final String s) {
File folder = new File(s);
return folder.exists() && folder.isDirectory();
}
}) //I got the ones that exist and are directories
.flatMap(new Function<String, Stream<File>>() {
@Override
public Stream<File> apply(final String s) {
try {
List<File> files = Arrays.asList(new File(s).listFiles());
return StreamSupport.stream(files);
} catch (NullPointerException e) {
return StreamSupport.stream(new ArrayList<File>());
}
}
}) //I got all sub-dirs of the main folders
.flatMap(new Function<File, Stream<File>>() {
@Override
public Stream<File> apply(final File file1) {
if (listOf2DepthFolders.contains(file1.getName()
.toLowerCase())) {
try {
List<File> files = Arrays.asList(file1.listFiles());
return StreamSupport.stream(files);
} catch (NullPointerException e) {
return StreamSupport.stream(Collections.singletonList(file1));
}
} else
return StreamSupport.stream(Collections.singletonList(file1));
}
}) //Here I got all the 2 depth and 3 depth folders
.filter(new Predicate<File>() {
@Override
public boolean test(final File o) {
return listOfExtFolders.contains(o.getName()
.toLowerCase());
}
})
.findFirst();
optional.ifPresent(new Consumer<File>() {
@Override
public void accept(final File file) {
thePath[0] = file.getAbsolutePath();
}
});
Log.e("Path", thePath[0]);
try {
ContextCompat.getExternalFilesDirs(context, null);
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("PathException", thePath[0]);
}
return thePath[0];
}
P.S. I tested and verified it on a few HTC and Samsung devices.
