android getExternalStoragePublicDirectory unable to write in 4.4.2 paticularly in Smasung S3

Question

The directory was not able to write in android 4.4.2

 File pdfDir=newFile(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory  
 (Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES),"PdfFolder");

Also, i used manifest WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Answer 1

File file = new File(getExternalFilesDir(null), "PdfFolder")

this worked for me.