Comments on: Android Tutorial: Creating and Using an SD Card in the Emulator

By: Hyunjungsoh

Hyunjungsoh — Thu, 26 May 2011 11:51:00 +0000

How come I can’t see the images I pushed inside the gallery?

By: Peter Backx

Peter Backx — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:18:00 +0000

Did you add the command line option? (step 2)
Are you sure the path is correct? What is the working directory of the emulator executed?
Are you seeing any error messages on startup?
I think answering those questions should help you get a little further.
Good luck!

By: NM

NM — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:27:00 +0000

I did exactly as the tutorial says and yet I can’t see the sdcard in DDMS … I’ve the latest android sdk-version-10 and i spent a day trying to insert the sdcard to the emulator. Any help?

By: Vicki

Vicki — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:28:00 +0000

I tried this tutorial, and got read only errors too. I found an easier way is to edit your AVD to have an SD card (in AVD manager, edit your AVD and specify a size for the SD card). Kill and relaunch the emulator, and the DDMS view will now let you push files properly. Also, if you use this approach, don’t use the -sdcard command line option anymore.

By: Peter Backx

Peter Backx — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:41:00 +0000

This tutorial is fairly old by now and I’m not sure if I’ll be able to update it in the near future.
You might want to check if you’re using the correct folder (make sure it’s the SD card) and if there is some kind of recently added options to switch the read-only mode on SD cards.

By: Anandnair07

Anandnair07 — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:51:00 +0000

“Failed to push 0007.jpg on emulator-5554: Read-only file system”

By: Ananya Sundar

Ananya Sundar — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:59:00 +0000

good tutorial for SD card start up.

By: SD

SD — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:37:00 +0000

Hi I am also getting an error while upload a small jpg file.
Failed to push selection: Read-only file system
I noticed in the File Explorer the sdcard is having permissions as d——
no permissions to update the sdcard folder. Kindly advise.
SD

By: Peter Backx

Peter Backx — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:11:00 +0000

This is definitely not possible using the tutorial I presented here. I think you’ll find what you need to get started on the Data Storage pages of Android (http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html)
Good luck!

By: Narayanan

Narayanan — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 07:21:00 +0000

Sir I want push a xml file which is in Tomcat Server to sdcard Emulator device to retrieve and parse the xml file.Pls help me to fix this issue