Files opened from external SD card are read-only

← Android
For devices with Android KitKat, apps no longer have permission to write to an external SD card other than the app specific folder. If you are interested in the topic, here's what happened to external storage in KitKat. Therefore, we provide the option to save a copy to internal storage when files are opened from your external SD card. A possible workaround is using cloud storage, such as Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive, both of which are integrated with Xodo.

For devices above Android KitKat, such as Lollipop or Marshmallow, please follow this guide on opening and editing SD card files within Xodo: Accessing files on an external SD card. 

See Also:
Moving Xodo to the SD card
Accessing files on an external SD card  

Android

  1. Getting started: Xodo basics
  2. Files opened from external SD card are read-only
  3. Accessing files on an SD card
  4. Accessing Google Drive files with Xodo
  5. Accessing OneDrive files with Xodo
  6. Accessing Dropbox files with Xodo
  7. Syncing files between Android and Windows
  8. Creating a new PDF (blank or from an image)
  9. Creating a folder
  10. Sorting files
  11. Saving a copy of a file with a new name
  12. Moving a file
  13. Deleting a file
  14. Merging Documents
  15. Exporting pages into a new PDF
  16. Adding a document to favorites
  17. Annotations made in Xodo are gone when PDF is opened in another app
  18. Selecting/Highlighting text with smart snapping
  19. Adding a text annotation
  20. Creating a text markup annotation
  21. Adding an ink annotation
  22. Deleting an annotation
  23. Changing the font of a text annotation
  24. Change style of an annotation (color, thickness, opacity)
  25. Controlling the list of available fonts
  26. Adding a substitute font to Xodo
  27. Adding an image
  28. Selecting camera photo size
  29. Exporting summary of annotations
  30. Signing documents and saving signatures
  31. Defining and translating text
  32. Sharing text with other apps (Eg. offline dictionaries, Google Translate, email)
  33. Using full document text search
  34. Using Stylus as Pen mode
  35. Converting handwriting to text
  36. Enabling continuous annotation mode
  37. Cropping pages
  38. Disabling Turn Page on Tap
  39. Changing view modes
  40. Disabling maintain zoom level
  41. Reflow
  42. Right-to-Left functionality and features
  43. Keeping the screen on while using Xodo
  44. Rotating pages
  45. Inserting pages (blank, image, another document) in a PDF
  46. Changing page order
  47. Jumping to a page
  48. Deleting pages
  49. Adding a page bookmark
  50. Renaming a page bookmark
  51. Sharing and collaborating on files
  52. Getting the public read-only link for a document
  53. Syncing your Xodo web app bookshelf with the Xodo Android app
  54. Translation Limit
  55. Setting Xodo as the default viewer
  56. Copying and pasting annotations
  57. Filter by file type(s)
  58. Viewing in Night Mode, Sepia Mode and Custom Color Mode
  59. Saving a permanently cropped copy of a file
  60. Saving a password protected copy of a file
  61. Saving a reduced file size copy of a file
  62. Why do pictures in pdf files look paler?
  63. Changing language for read function (text to speech)
  64. Changing edit mode for text annotations
  65. Ability to locate the folder containing the current files
  66. Disabling page number indicator
  67. Enabling copy annotated text to note
  68. Convert other format file(jpg, png, docx) to PDF
  69. Log out from Xodo Connect
  70. Sharing documents via other apps
  71. What is my Xodo Version?
  72. Can I open a template and save as?
  73. Disable Auto-select annotation.
  74. Undo/Redo
  75. New PDF from Multiple Documents
  76. I can no longer fill out form fields with date format, why?
  77. Read Text in PDF File
  78. Full screen mode
  79. Delete all annotations in a document
  80. Document files not displayed correctly
  81. Saving a file to SD Card
  82. Viewing the Table of Contents (document outline)
  83. Quick menu buttons cheat sheet
  84. Changing speech rate for read function (text to speech)
  85. Help us improve Xodo
  86. Expand/ collapse folder in All Document
  87. Open reading file folder
  88. Link Tool
  89. Changing file preview size
  90. Stylus and Fingers

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