Unable to write pdf on External storage Android

Question

I am not able to write a pdf file downloaded from a url into android storage. I have read all related questions on this site, but still unable to fighre out whats wrong with my code.

Error is in pdfFile.createNewFile(); inside try{ } block.

private class DownloadFile extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Void> {

        @Override
        protected Void doInBackground(String... strings) {
            String fileUrl = strings[0];  
            String fileName = strings[1];  
            String extStorageDirectory = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString();
            File folder = new File(extStorageDirectory, "/test/");
            folder.mkdirs();

            File pdfFile = new File(folder, fileName);

            try{
                pdfFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
                pdfFile.createNewFile();
            }catch (IOException e){
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            FileDownloader.downloadFile(fileUrl, pdfFile);
            return null;
        }

My Logcat

06-24 19:11:26.886 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err: java.io.IOException: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)
06-24 19:11:26.886 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:939)
06-24 19:11:26.886 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp.VolleyDownload$DownloadFile.doInBackground(VolleyDownload.java:112)
06-24 19:11:26.888 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp.VolleyDownload$DownloadFile.doInBackground(VolleyDownload.java:96)
06-24 19:11:26.888 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:295)
06-24 19:11:26.888 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
06-24 19:11:26.889 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:234)
06-24 19:11:26.889 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1113)
06-24 19:11:26.889 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:588)
06-24 19:11:26.889 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)
06-24 19:11:26.889 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err: Caused by: android.system.ErrnoException: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)
06-24 19:11:26.889 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at libcore.io.Posix.open(Native Method)
06-24 19:11:26.890 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at libcore.io.BlockGuardOs.open(BlockGuardOs.java:186)
06-24 19:11:26.890 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:932)
06-24 19:11:26.890 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     ... 8 more
06-24 19:11:26.890 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System: ClassLoader referenced unknown path: /system/framework/tcmclient.jar
06-24 19:11:27.040 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /storage/emulated/0/test/maven.pdf: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)
06-24 19:11:27.041 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at libcore.io.IoBridge.open(IoBridge.java:452)
06-24 19:11:27.041 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:87)
06-24 19:11:27.041 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:72)
06-24 19:11:27.041 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp.FileDownloader.downloadFile(FileDownloader.java:27)
06-24 19:11:27.041 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp.VolleyDownload$DownloadFile.doInBackground(VolleyDownload.java:116)
06-24 19:11:27.041 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp.VolleyDownload$DownloadFile.doInBackground(VolleyDownload.java:96)
06-24 19:11:27.041 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:295)
06-24 19:11:27.041 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:237)
06-24 19:11:27.041 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at android.os.AsyncTask$SerialExecutor$1.run(AsyncTask.java:234)
06-24 19:11:27.041 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1113)
06-24 19:11:27.041 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:588)
06-24 19:11:27.042 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)
06-24 19:11:27.042 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err: Caused by: android.system.ErrnoException: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)
06-24 19:11:27.043 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at libcore.io.Posix.open(Native Method)
06-24 19:11:27.043 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at libcore.io.BlockGuardOs.open(BlockGuardOs.java:186)
06-24 19:11:27.043 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     at libcore.io.IoBridge.open(IoBridge.java:438)
06-24 19:11:27.043 22920-22999/in.ac.iitd.bsw.iitdapp W/System.err:     ... 11 more

I have correctly set permission in Android Manifest

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32635704/android-permission-doesnt-work-even-if-i-have-declared-it — CommonsWare, Jun 24 '16 at 13:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

I was testing it on my device running Android 6.0 Marshmallow, which requires extra permissions to access sensitive data.

Credit - @CommonsWare Android permission doesn't work even if I have declared it

This method can be used to ask user for permissions. Original answer - https://stackoverflow.com/a/33162451/4420961

public  boolean isStoragePermissionGranted() {
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 23) {
        if (checkSelfPermission(android.Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)
                == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
            Log.v(TAG,"Permission is granted");
            return true;
        } else {

            Log.v(TAG,"Permission is revoked");
            ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, new String[]{android.Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE}, 1);
            return false;
        }
    }
    else { //permission is automatically granted on sdk<23 upon installation
        Log.v(TAG,"Permission is granted");
        return true;
    }


}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 24 '16 at 15:51

Please try this.

private class DownloadFile extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Void> {
    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(String... strings) {
        String fileUrl = strings[0];  
        String fileName = strings[1];  
        String extStorageDirectory = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath() + "/test/";
        File folder = new File(extStorageDirectory);
        if (!folder.exists()) {
          folder.mkdirs();
        }
        fileName = extStorageDirectory + fileName;
        File pdfFile = new File(fileName);

        try{
            pdfFile.createNewFile();
        }catch (IOException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        FileDownloader.downloadFile(fileUrl, pdfFile);
        return null;
    }

Unable to write pdf on External storage Android

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