java - Downloading Image to SD Card in Service fails (Android) -

i created separate project , activity downloads image url, converts bitmap, , uses fileoutputstream save file sd card. when in separate project , free-standing activity, worked fine, , see image stored on sd card.

public class picturedownload extends activity {      public void oncreate(bundle savedinstancestate) {         super.oncreate(savedinstancestate);         setcontentview(r.layout.main);         downloadfromurl("http://www.coutblog.com/prism/uploads/0030.jpg", "newpic.jpg");         displaypic("newpic.jpg");     }      // place download file     private final string path = "/sdcard/";      public void displaypic(string filename) {         imageview image = (imageview)findviewbyid(r.id.image);         bitmap bmap = bitmapfactory.decodefile(path + filename);         image.setimagebitmap(bmap);     }      /**      * downloads picture url sd card      * @param imageurl: url download (absolute web url)      * @param filename: name of file want save picture      */     public void downloadfromurl(string imageurl, string filename) {         try {                 // connect url                 url myimageurl = new url(imageurl);                 httpurlconnection connection = (httpurlconnection)myimageurl.openconnection();                 connection.setdoinput(true);                 connection.connect();                 inputstream input = connection.getinputstream();                  // bitmap                 bitmap mybitmap = bitmapfactory.decodestream(input);                  // save bitmap file                 string path = environment.getexternalstoragedirectory().tostring();                 outputstream fout = null;                 file file = new file(path, filename);                 fout = new fileoutputstream(file);                  mybitmap.compress(bitmap.compressformat.jpeg, 85, fout);                 fout.flush();                 fout.close();             } catch (ioexception e) {}     } 

}

but, whenever tried port code existing project, fails. in setting, running code service. code exact same - reason won't download files. have fact running on service instead of activity? or maybe reason file output stream gets messed up.

in bgservice:

string name = remote_resource.getvalue().substring(38);                 downloadfromurl(remote_resource.getvalue(), name);  /**  * downloads picture url sd card  * @param imageurl: url download (absolute web url)  * @param filename: name of file want save picture  */ public void downloadfromurl(string imageurl, string filename) {     try {             // connect url             url myimageurl = new url(imageurl);             httpurlconnection connection = (httpurlconnection)myimageurl.openconnection();             connection.setdoinput(true);             connection.connect();             inputstream input = connection.getinputstream();              // bitmap             bitmap mybitmap = bitmapfactory.decodestream(input);              // save bitmap file             string path = environment.getexternalstoragedirectory().tostring();              outputstream fout = null;             file file = new file(path, filename);             log.i("help", file.getabsolutepath());             log.i("help", file.tostring());             log.i("help", file.length() + "");             system.out.println("this test of system.out.println()");             fout = new fileoutputstream(file);              mybitmap.compress(bitmap.compressformat.jpeg, 85, fout);             fout.flush();             fout.close();             system.out.println("file path: " + file.getabsolutepath());             log.i("help2", file.getabsolutepath());             log.i("help2", file.tostring());             log.i("help2", file.length() + "");          } catch (ioexception e) {} } 

another interesting thing of "log.i" calls below, second 1 (below fout.flush()) gets printed. somewhere in bitmap compression or fileoutputstream io weird happening. no exceptions thrown.

thanks lot help!

are sure have write_external_storage enabled. if using permission-group.storage doesn't include in there.