Some phones don't allow access to /sdcard

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@RodADavison commented on Oct 22, 2017, 5:03 AM UTC:

I'm a new user of RaceCapture which is user of Kivy. I've encountered this error on my Huawei phone which throws an exception:

10-12 09:05:43.501 10388 10428 I python : [CRITICAL] [Traceback (most recent call last)]
10-12 09:05:43.501 10388 10428 I python : File "/home/brent/git-projects/RaceCapture_App/.buildozer/android/app/main.py", line 608, in
10-12 09:05:43.501 10388 10428 I python : File "/home/brent/git-projects/RaceCapture_App/.buildozer/android/app/main.py", line 168, in init
10-12 09:05:43.501 10388 10428 I python : File "/home/brent/git-projects/RaceCapture_App/.buildozer/android/platform/build/dists/racecapture/private/lib/python2.7/site-packages/kivy/app.py", line 780, in user_data_dir
10-12 09:05:43.501 10388 10428 I python : OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/sdcard/racecapture'

I've noticed 2 related bug reports here:
#2990
#5259

The code in kivy/app.py (around line 771)
data_dir = join('/sdcard', self.name)
should be replaced using the android api requests something like:
from jnius import autoclass
env = autoclass('android.os.Environment')
data_dir = join(env.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath(), self.name )

This issue was moved by tshirtman from kivy/kivy/issues/5448.

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@KeyWeeUsr commented on Oct 22, 2017, 6:59 PM UTC:

ref #5237, probably missed that part. I'll include it soon and hopefully even merge. :)

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@RodADavison commented on Oct 22, 2017, 7:13 PM UTC:

Thanks for the quick and positive response KeyWee. My read of #5237, is it refers to the /sdcard reference in the get_application_config function. The one I'm referring to is in the user_data_dir function (in the same file). Perhaps this issue should be merged with 5237 and both references could be changed at the same time.
Thanks.