Trying to create a file in Android: open failed: EROFS (Read-only file system)

Question

This line:

final FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(name);

results in a FileNotFoundException with the messa

Answer 1

try using the permission of WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE You should use that whether there is an external card or not.

This works well for me:

path = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(
                Environment.DIRECTORY_MOVIES);
File file = new File(path, "/" + fname);

and places my files in the appropriate folder