Files

We’ve discussed Room, SharedPreferences, and DataStore and specified how the data they store is written to files. You may ask yourself, where are these files stored? These particular files are stored in internal storage. Internal storage is a dedicated space for every app that other apps are unable to access (unless a device is rooted). There is no limit to the amount of storage your app can use.

However, users have the ability to delete their app’s files from the Settings menu. Internal storage occupies a smaller part of the total available space, which means that you should be careful when it comes to storing files there. There is also external storage. The files your app stores in external storage are accessible to other apps and the files from other apps are accessible to your one.

Note

In Android Studio, you can use the Device File Explorer tool to navigate through the files on a device or emulator. Internal storage is located in /data/data/{packageName...