How to detect SDCard removal and insertion in andriod

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In my app I need to show when a sd card is inserted or removed from the device(mobile). How to receive the notification for this event. Is there any broadcast listener for it. Please help me.

Posted 5-Aug-14 20:51pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-05T21:02:00

Please see:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6973776/android-how-to-listen-to-sd-card-removed-unexpectedly[^],
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7552413/listener-for-sd-card-removal[^].

(By the way, I saw some number of "answers" and even some articles which create the impression that this problem is not addressed in Android; but this is not true. :-))

—SA