try { String rootPath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() .getAbsolutePath() + "/MyFolder/"; File root = new File(rootPath); if (!root.exists()) { root.mkdirs(); } File f = new File(rootPath + "mttext.txt"); if (f.exists()) { f.delete(); } f.createNewFile(); FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(f); out.flush(); out.close(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); }