Writing to SD card

Question

I am writing some files to SD card. My android version is 2.1. I am not setting any permission in the manifest file but it allows me to write to sd card.

Please let me know why this behavior. only WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE in manifest controls write to SD card or any other configuration i need to do.

thanks Gururaja B O

Answer 1

Are you compiling with API level 3 or less? That permission was added in API level 4 (Android 1.6), so all apps compiled with API level 3 (for compatibility with phones still running 1.5) will have that permission automatically.