The isExternalStorageRemovable(File)
function on Android is available on API 21 and newer and isExternalStorageRemovable()
only works on the primary storage which may be non-removable. Is there a compat or support function with the same functionality as isExternalStorageRemovable(File)
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Nope, there is not. What is your use case ? – Dibzmania Feb 11 '17 at 01:08
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@Dibzmania I wanted to write a function that would search the list of partitions on a device for the removable SD card and returned it. I can't use for that purpose the version without any arguments (`isExternalStorageRemovable()`) since it only checks the primary storage which is often the internal storage. I use API 11. – Mo Sanei Feb 11 '17 at 08:17
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Well before Android 4.4, Android did not have the concept of secondary storage. So, such an API would not exist. Some good read - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5694933/find-an-external-sd-card-location (including the some of the links in that answer portion) – Dibzmania Feb 11 '17 at 10:02