# Android can't find data

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-cant-find-data/42380>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [July 8, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-cant-find-data/42380 "2023-07-08T22:55:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![nuhuhwy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/nuhuhwy/32/18485_2.png) [@nuhuhwy](https://discourse.processing.org/u/nuhuhwy)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-cant-find-data/42380/1 "2023-07-08T22:55:40Z")

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I tried installing a processing sketch but the images I put there can not be found, just in the sketchbook but nowhere else. I looked in android, data, obb and media. There is no trace of “processing.sketch” or any of the images I put in.

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**Author:** ![svan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@svan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/svan)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-cant-find-data/42380/2 "2023-07-09T01:25:37Z")

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Please post the source code.

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**Author:** ![nuhuhwy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/nuhuhwy/32/18485_2.png) [@nuhuhwy](https://discourse.processing.org/u/nuhuhwy)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-cant-find-data/42380/3 "2023-07-09T12:27:19Z")

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There is nothing that I can provide.  
Just import a random image, and save the sketch as an app.  
If you got to your file manager and go to android/data or media or obb there is no package named “processing.sketch.something” and the image is nowhere to be found

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**Author:** ![svan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@svan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/svan)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-cant-find-data/42380/4 "2023-07-09T13:36:49Z")

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> Just import a random image

Into what?

Usually a sketch is written in the Processing editor and then transferred to a mobile Android device such as a phone or tablet with a USB connection using Android mode. I’m not familiar with the process that you are describing.

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**Author:** ![nuhuhwy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/nuhuhwy/32/18485_2.png) [@nuhuhwy](https://discourse.processing.org/u/nuhuhwy)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-cant-find-data/42380/5 "2023-07-09T18:43:07Z")

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I am using apde, but you can create a sketch everywhere you want. Export is as an apk and install it. If you out an image in the data folder in a processing sketch, and on android you go to your file manager to “android/data” and you search for the packet name you gave the sketch, there is no directory.

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**Author:** ![svan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@svan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/svan)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-cant-find-data/42380/6 "2023-07-09T20:18:37Z")

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Have you tried using the Processing editor in Android mode (ie, without apde)?