(This is the documentation for SDL3, which is the current stable version. SDL2 was the previous version!)

SDL_GetAndroidExternalStoragePath

Get the path used for external storage for this Android application.

Header File

Syntax

const char * SDL_GetAndroidExternalStoragePath(void);

Return Value

(const char *) Returns the path used for external storage for this application on success or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Remarks

This path is unique to your application, but is public and can be written to by other applications.

Your external storage path is typically: /storage/sdcard0/Android/data/your.app.package/files.

This is a C wrapper over android.content.Context.getExternalFilesDir():

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context#getExternalFilesDir()

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.