java.io.ioexception: open failed: einval (Invalid argument) when saving a image to external storage

Question

This is my code:

private boolean writeToSD(Bitmap bm, String url) {
    if (canIWriteOnSD()) {
        File sd = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
          


        

Answer 1

The string url contains illegal characters for a filename. You'll need to cleanup the filename by removing the illegal characters.

Answer 2

Really tricky error since Android 28 works just fine when trying to write a filename with ? or : in the name, but Android 22 for instance would blow up. Just run a couple of replacements in the filename like:

File(filename.replace(":", "").replace("?", "") [...])

and then you're good to run

file.createNewFile()