Add to AndroidManifest:
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<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

MainActivity.java
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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    EditText inputText;
    TextView response;
    Button saveButton,readButton;

    private String filename = "SampleFile.txt";
    private String filepath = "MyFileStorage";
    File myExternalFile;
    String myData = "";

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        inputText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.myInputText);
        response = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.response);

        saveButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.saveExternalStorage);
        saveButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                try {
                    FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(myExternalFile);
                    fos.write(inputText.getText().toString().getBytes());
                    fos.close();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                inputText.setText("");
                response.setText("SampleFile.txt saved to External Storage...");
            }
        });

        readButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.getExternalStorage);
        readButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                try {
                    FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(myExternalFile);
                    DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(fis);
                    BufferedReader br =
                            new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
                    String strLine;
                    while ((strLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
                        myData = myData + strLine;
                    }
                    in.close();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                inputText.setText(myData);
                response.setText("SampleFile.txt data retrieved from Internal Storage...");
            }
        });

        if (!isExternalStorageAvailable() || isExternalStorageReadOnly()) {
            saveButton.setEnabled(false);
        }
        else {
            myExternalFile = new File(getExternalFilesDir(filepath), filename);
        }


    }
    private static boolean isExternalStorageReadOnly() {
        String extStorageState = Environment.getExternalStorageState();
        if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED_READ_ONLY.equals(extStorageState)) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    private static boolean isExternalStorageAvailable() {
        String extStorageState = Environment.getExternalStorageState();
        if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(extStorageState)) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

}


activity_main.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Reading and Writing to External Storage"
        android:textSize="24sp"/>

    <EditText android:id="@+id/myInputText"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:ems="10" android:lines="5"
        android:minLines="3" android:gravity="top|left"
        android:inputType="textMultiLine">
    </EditText>

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:weightSum="1.0"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp">

        <Button android:id="@+id/saveExternalStorage"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="SAVE"
            android:layout_weight="0.5"/>

        <Button android:id="@+id/getExternalStorage"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="0.5"
            android:text="READ" />

    </LinearLayout>

    <TextView android:id="@+id/response"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:padding="5dp"
        android:text=""
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />

</LinearLayout>