How to get SD_Card path in android6.0 programmatically

Question

I am trying to check whether device having external storage or not by using external storage path like this given below

 if (new File(\"/ext_card/\").exists(         


        

Answer 1

Here's my solution, which is guaranteed to work till Android 7.0 Nougat:

/* returns external storage paths (directory of external memory card) as array of Strings */
public String[] getExternalStorageDirectories() {

        List results = new ArrayList<>();

    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) { //Method 1 for KitKat & above
        File[] externalDirs = getExternalFilesDirs(null);
        String internalRoot = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath().toLowerCase();

        for (File file : externalDirs) {
            if(file==null) //solved NPE on some Lollipop devices
               continue;
            String path = file.getPath().split("/Android")[0];

            if(path.toLowerCase().startsWith(internalRoot))
               continue;

            boolean addPath = false;

            if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
                addPath = Environment.isExternalStorageRemovable(file);
            }
            else{
                addPath = Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(EnvironmentCompat.getStorageState(file));
            }

            if(addPath){
                results.add(path);
            }
        }
    }

        if(results.isEmpty()) { //Method 2 for all versions
            // better variation of: http://stackoverflow.com/a/40123073/5002496
            String output = "";
            try {
                final Process process = new ProcessBuilder().command("mount | grep /dev/block/vold")
                .redirectErrorStream(true).start();
                process.waitFor();
                final InputStream is = process.getInputStream();
                final byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
                while (is.read(buffer) != -1) {
                    output = output + new String(buffer);
                }
                is.close();
            } catch (final Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            if(!output.trim().isEmpty()) {
                String devicePoints[] = output.split("\n");
                for(String voldPoint: devicePoints) {
                    results.add(voldPoint.split(" ")[2]);
                }
            }
        }

        //Below few lines is to remove paths which may not be external memory card, like OTG (feel free to comment them out)
        if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
            for (int i = 0; i < results.size(); i++) {
                if (!results.get(i).toLowerCase().matches(".*[0-9a-f]{4}[-][0-9a-f]{4}")) {
                    Log.d(LOG_TAG, results.get(i) + " might not be extSDcard");
                    results.remove(i--);
                }
            }
        } else {
            for (int i = 0; i < results.size(); i++) {
                if (!results.get(i).toLowerCase().contains("ext") && !results.get(i).toLowerCase().contains("sdcard")) {
                    Log.d(LOG_TAG, results.get(i)+" might not be extSDcard");
                    results.remove(i--);
                }
            }
        }

        String[] storageDirectories = new String[results.size()];
        for(int i=0; i