How to save image in gallery in API 29 in android?

Question

From API 29 Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() and Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE are deprecated.

I used the following code to save an image file to a specific folder in internal storage :

  private fun saveFile(applicationContext: Context, file: File){
    val folder  = "/customFolder"
    try {
        val destFile = File("${Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()}${folder}/${file.name}")
        FileUtils.copyFile(file,destFile) 

        val mediaScanIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE)
        val contentUri = Uri.fromFile(file)!!
        mediaScanIntent.data = contentUri
        applicationContext.sendBroadcast(mediaScanIntent)

    } catch (ex: IllegalArgumentException) {
    } catch (ex: RuntimeException) {
    }
}

Reference link for FileUtils.copyFile(File srcFile,File destFile) - https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-io/javadocs/api-2.5/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtils.html#copyFile(java.io.File,%20java.io.File)

After updating to API 29 above code doesn't work. How to modify Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() and Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE for API 29 ?

Answer 1

This will work, This will store your file in app specified folder , you can user MediaStorage as well to store img in gallery , the new functions are now getFilesDir() getExternalFilesDir(), getCacheDir(),getExternalCacheDir(),

String path = ApplicationContext.getExternalFilesDir(null)+Foldername+filename;
File file = new File(path);
file.getParentFile().mkdir();
 try {
            OutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(file);
            savedBitmap.compress(CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, fileOutputStream);
            fileOutputStream.flush();
            fileOutputStream.close();
        } catch (IOException e2) {
            e2.printStackTrace();
        }