What is /storage/emulated/0/ or emulated storage?Īndroid supports a variety of storage device types, the major ones being portable storage and emulated storage. So, you must be wondering what exactly is ‘/storage/emulated/0′, and since there is no specific folder in the file directory under ’emulated’, how do you access it? This is what we’ll discuss in detail in this post. Now, you understand every aspect of the file path from the DCIM to the Camera to the image name, but what does the ‘/storage/emulated/0′ stand for? It must occur to you as perplexing because when you try to track the so-called ’emulated’ folder to the File Explorer, there is none in the file directory. Have you someday tried to locate the file path of some image in your Files and found the file path stating something like this: ‘/storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera/IMG_202020430_197267.jpg’? When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
