Delete file from internal storage

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I m trying to delete images stored in internal storage  I ve come up with this so far   File dir   getFilesDir    File file   new File dir  id   jpg    boolean deleted   file delete      And this is from another question  which was answered with   File dir   getFilesDir    File file   new File dir   my filename    boolean deleted   file delete      My example always returns false  I can see the file fx 2930 jpg in DDMS in eclipse

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File file   new File getFilePath imageUri getValue       boolean b   file delete      is not working in my case   boolean b   file delete                       returns false boolean b   file getAbsolutePath delete       returns false    always returns false   The issue has been resolved by using the code below   ContentResolver contentResolver   getContentResolver    contentResolver delete uriDelete  null  null

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This is an old topic  but I will add my experience  maybe someone finds this helpful   gt      2019-11-12 20 05 50 178 27764-27764 com strba myapplicationx I File   storage emulated 0 Android data com strba myapplicationx files Readings JPEG 20191112 200550 4444350520538787768 jpg  file when it was created  2019-11-12 20 05 58 801 27764-27764 com strba myapplicationx I File  content   com strba myapplicationx fileprovider my images JPEG 20191112 200550 4444350520538787768 jpg   same file when trying to delete it   solution1                 Uri uriDelete Uri parse  adapter getNoteAt  viewHolder getAdapterPosition     getImageuri       getter getImageuri on my object from adapter that returns String with content uri   here I initialize Content resolver and delete it with a passed parameter of that URI              ContentResolver contentResolver   getContentResolver                 contentResolver delete  uriDelete null  null      solution2 my first solution-from head in this time I do know that     content resolver exists                   String path     storage emulated 0 Android data com strba myapplicationx files Readings                         adapter getNoteAt  viewHolder getAdapterPosition     getImageuri    substring  58                File file   new File  path               if  file    null                    file delete                     Hope that this will be helpful to someone happy coding

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The getFilesDir   somehow didn t work  Using a method  which returns the entire path and filename gave the desired result  Here is the code   File file   new File inputHandle getImgPath id    boolean deleted   file delete

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You can also use  file getCanonicalFile   delete

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Have you tried getFilesDir   getAbsolutePath       Seems you fixed your problem by initializing the File object with a full path   I believe this would also do the trick

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This works for me  Java File file   new File photoPath   file delete     MediaScannerConnection scanFile context                  new String   file toString                     new String   file getName    null    Kotlin val file   File photoPath   file delete    MediaScannerConnection scanFile context  arrayOf file toString           arrayOf file getName     null

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Have you tried Context deleteFile

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String dir   getFilesDir   getAbsolutePath    File f0   new File dir   myFile    boolean d0   f0 delete     Log w  Delete Check    File deleted      dir     myFile     d0     The code File dir   getFilesDir    doesn t work because this is a request for a File object  You re trying to retrieve the String that declares the path to your directory  so you need to declare  dir  as a String  and then request that the directory s absolute path in String form be returned by the constructor that has access to that information

[android] Delete file from internal storage

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