4 Answers

• If you want to create a folder directly in the sdcard root (not inside appdata), you can use this code:

  var _storage = Ti.Filesystem.applicationDataDirectory;
  if(Ti.Filesystem.isExternalStoragePresent()){
      _storage = 'file:///sdcard/';                        
  };
  
  var folder = Ti.Filesystem.getFile(_storage,'folder_name');
  if (!folder.exists()){
       folder.createDirectory();
  }
  

  For me works.

• Hi,

  Try this:

  var new_folder_name = 'CREATED_BY_TITANIUM';
  
  // check to see if we have external storage present
  if(Titanium.Filesystem.isExternalStoragePresent()){
  
      var sd_card_path = Titanium.Filesystem.externalStorageDirectory;
  
      // this will create the new folder on the sd card and return a filesystem object
      var new_folder = Titanium.Filesystem.getFile(sd_card_path, new_folder_name);
      if(!new_folder.exists()){
          new_folder.createDirectory();
      }
  
      // this bit didnt work.. Ti.API.info('New folder is at path : '+new_folder.nativePath());
  
  }
  

  hope this helps

• I tried creating folder on SD card but the following code doesn't work.

  var new_folder_name = 'XA365';     
      var newDir = Titanium.Filesystem.getFile(Titanium.Filesystem.externalStorageDirectory,new_folder_name);
      newDir.createDirectory();
  

  I have necessary permission set in the xml file. Are there any further steps that I need to follow ?

• OK.. I just dug out my old Nexus One and tried the code below which worked fine. It created a folder called 'CREATED_BY_TITANIUM' on the SD card within the folder called 'com.mydomain.myappname' :

  var new_folder_name = 'CREATED_BY_TITANIUM';
  
  // check to see if we have external storage present
  if(Titanium.Filesystem.isExternalStoragePresent()){
  
      var sd_card_path = Titanium.Filesystem.externalStorageDirectory;
  
      // this will create the new folder on the sd card and return a filesystem object
      var new_folder = Titanium.Filesystem.getFile(sd_card_path, new_folder_name);
      if(!new_folder.exists()){
          new_folder.createDirectory();
      }
  
  }
  

  One thing I did notice was that it didn't work if I tried to get the nativePath() of the new file/folder object. The app hung. So guess that's a bug.

  It seems that on Android the Titanium.Filesystem.externalStorageDirectory is actually returned as appdata:// , instead of an actual path, which I assume breaks the 'nativePath()' method.

  You should be able to write files to it, list files etc by using the 'new_folder' file object as normal though.

  hope this helps.