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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Android 5.0 Lollipop changes the way your SD card works — and that's a good thing

Google brings new developer tools to allow for more access in Android 5.0 Lollipop

Google has brought a new set of tools for developers to leverage the SD card on your phone or tablet with Android 5.0 Lollipop. Using a new intent, applications can now have read and write access to directories on removable storage — even directories they do not own. Google at its developer conference this summer announced it would be addressing this issue, and today things were made more official with an announcement on the Android-platform Google group.

Here's what you need to know.