It would be a great feature if we were able to set the app to allow it to save to the sd card rather then the android phone in the installing.

You can! Open up AndroidManifest.xml, and look for this line: android:versionName="1.0" (the number might be different) Now add this line below it: android:installLocation="preferExternal"> That whole section should look like this: <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.yourappname" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" android:installLocation="preferExternal"> <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8"/> Now go down to the section where you see the following: <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" /> That's in the Required Device Permissions section. Add this line below it: <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /> That's it! It'll now save to external storage if any is available. Mark

Ok i will give it a go!

The Buzztouch Process (Android) article in my guide will walk you through this step and many other necessary steps. Only the following is necessary: Add: android:installLocation="preferExternal" Just above <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8"> www.MySkylla.com Fred

I think the android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE string is also required from what I read in the Android documentation. It's the portion of the manifest that actually provides permission to...well...write to external storage! Mark

@Mark, yes I sure it's required, but as with many other things Buzztouch provides. The Buzztouch manifest already had the required permissions and the only modification (for this step) is adding the one line. Strongly recommend users learn the other modifications that are needed. Details in my article, The Buzztouch Process (Android) Fred

Just looked back through some old manifest files. It appears that WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE is only provided as default in BT v2, and not in BT v1.5. Either way...it's best to check that it's there. Mark

If so, then WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE is not required, as I've never taken that step. Been adding the one line only since McApple gave me the link to a stackoverflow article back in Oct last year. Works well for both my BTv1.5 apps and BTv2.0 apps. Will not work for BTv1.4 (will also cause error). Therefore, use the one line only. Fred

It may work, but that doesn't mean it's entirely correct. Part of publishing an Android app is letting the user know what your app will be asking to do..in effect, getting permissions for those activities. If you don't let a user know that you're going to be writing to the external storage, and you do it anyway, there could be repercussions about it. Google seems pretty adamant about exposing permissions. "Works" doesn't always mean complete solution. Any arguments with it, bring it up with Android. Mark

Then again, my "if so" qualified the answer. As I said "I'm sure it's there, it's not necessary" and all permission are declared if included in manifest. So, one last time, it's not necessary. Fred

Can someone please give me the link to the STACKOVERFLOW article? So far I have put 2 lines in but its not working yet, and its not picking up the androidstor location its just leaving it as straight black text...

Ah! We're talking about installing the app itself on external storage...not any data you generate in the app. At least that's not what I'm talking about! Sounds like you're trying to save text from an HTML document or something? Mark

I would like the app to install tot he sd card and not the device??? can anyone post the steps for this?

I would like the app to install tot he sd card and not the device??? can anyone post the steps for this?

I would like the app to install tot he sd card and not the device??? can anyone post the steps for this?

The steps I provided above will work for installing the app to the external storage. Mark

i have followed your steps and it still doesn't try and install into my sd card?

Give this link a read : http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/install-location.html Mark

Ok i will tomorrow. thanks mate

I know this is a year old post but at first it din't work for me either because of a syntax error. The line above the android:installLocation="preferExternal"> has a > there, so if you just copy and paste, the added line will stay black indicating that it is still wrong. So, remove the > on the line that says android:versionName="1.0"> then it should change the colors to match the rest. We can overlook stuff sometimes. I tried it a week ago and got the error and then came back to inspect, so I missed the little > problem until now.