Thread: Android 4.4 (KitKat) breaks CC writing to removable SD cards
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Old 04-19-2014, 03:42 AM   #14
chaley
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Originally Posted by kaufman View Post
I don't have 4.4 yet, but I imagine that the update is coming soon. Is CC set up now to not write to an SD card under 4.4, or will it return an error if the write fails? Because I am happy to create the Android/data/... Folder by hand and then see if things work.
CC 3.3.4 does two things:
1) It refuses to accept a non-writable folder as a library. It accepts read-only folders in the path to the end folder.
2) It produces an error popup if it cannot write in the library. If connected as a wireless device, because the error will break the protocol, CC will disconnect.

Because of 1), if a hand-created folder is writable then CC should be happy to use it. Please be sure to use the "files" subfolder in the app's private folder, because if/when we directly support the SD card private folder that is where the books will go.

Thanks for doing this.
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