title: Impossible to create file on external storage Android
body: <p>I want to create a .txt file and store it on the external storage of the Android phone. I added the permission to my Android Manifest. When I run the code it doesn't give me any error but the file is never created. Not sure what I am doing wrong.</p>
  
  <pre><code>public void createExternalStoragePrivateFile(String data) {
      // Create a path where we will place our private file on external
      // storage.
      File file = new File(myContext.getExternalFilesDir(null), "state.txt");
  
      try {
  
          FileOutputStream os = null; 
          OutputStreamWriter out = null;
          os = myContext.openFileOutput(data, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
          out = new OutputStreamWriter(os);
          out.write(data);
          os.close();
  
          if(hasExternalStoragePrivateFile()) {
              Log.w("ExternalStorageFileCreation", "File Created");
          } else {
              Log.w("ExternalStorageFileCreation", "File Not Created");
          }
  
      } catch (IOException e) {
          // Unable to create file, likely because external storage is
          // not currently mounted.
          Log.w("ExternalStorage", "Error writing " + file, e);
      }
  }
  </code></pre>