Permission denied in Android Emulator Device File Explorer

Question

I want to check if a folder has been created in the External Storage.

I already added permissions inside the AndroidManifest.xml:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/> 

but it doesn't work either.

Any clue?

Answer 1

/sdcard is a symlink to /storage/emulated/0. You should therefore be able to see external files for your app in /sdcard/Android/data/<your app>.

Answer 2

Looks like you are using Google Play system image.

You need to use a standard Android (AOSP) system image (not one of the Google APIs or Google Play system images)

see details here