reading a specific file from sdcard in android

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sajjoo picture sajjoo · Sep 23, 2010 · Viewed 44.8k times · Source

how to read a specific file from sdcard. i have pushed the file in sdcard through DDMS and i am trying to read it though this way but this give me exception. can anybody tell me how to point exactly on that file?

my code is this.

String path = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath();
FileInputStream iStream =  new FileInputStream(path);

Answer

Cristian picture Cristian · Sep 23, 2010

You are trying to read a directory... what you need is the file! Do something like this... then, you can read the file as you want.

File dir = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
File yourFile = new File(dir, "path/to/the/file/inside/the/sdcard.ext");

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