Download Files To Internal Storage

Question

I am having some trouble with my application.

I wanted to download the files and then save them into my apps drawable folder, but since that is not an option because app is read only, I want to save the downloaded file into internal storage so that only my app can access them.
If I cannot directly download the file to internal storage, can I read from downloads folder and then save it to internal storage?

Either way, I have the download method, I just need to know where to save the downloaded file and how to access it at runtime and persistently store it in internal storage.

Add your code please and the part that you are looking for ! — , Apr 16 '14 at 11:46

Unknownweirdo · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-28T11:16:24.100

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Try having a look at

_context.getFilesDir();

and

_context.getExternalFilesDir();

edited Aug 28 '19 at 11:16

answered Apr 16 '14 at 11:31

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TooCool · Answer 2 · 2014-04-16T15:28:26.660

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/** * Copies a private raw resource content to a publicly readable * file such that the latter can be shared with other applications. */

private void copyPrivateRawResourceToPubliclyAccessibleFile() {
    InputStream inputStream = null;
    FileOutputStream outputStream = null;
    try {
        inputStream = getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.robot);
        outputStream = openFileOutput(SHARED_FILE_NAME,
                Context.MODE_WORLD_READABLE | Context.MODE_APPEND);
        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
        int length = 0;
        try {
            while ((length = inputStream.read(buffer)) > 0){
                outputStream.write(buffer, 0, length);
            }
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            /* ignore */
        }
    } catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
        /* ignore */
    } finally {
        try {
            inputStream.close();
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
           /* ignore */
        }
        try {
            outputStream.close();
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
           /* ignore */
        }
    }
}

edited Apr 16 '14 at 15:28

answered Apr 16 '14 at 11:29

TooCool

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You don't understand, i want only my app to have access to the files, not the user and not other apps. – Pavle37 Apr 16 '14 at 11:40
@Pavle37 can you check my answer ! – TooCool Apr 16 '14 at 15:29
What is R.raw.robot? Is that a file you've created in the raw folder in which you store data? And my downloaded file is located in Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOAD, i think the outputStream won't read it if i just type in the name... Also my files are images and sounds. – Pavle37 Apr 16 '14 at 17:48
This bears absolutely no relationship to the question asked. – Chris Stratton Jan 22 '18 at 07:37
@ChrisStratton flaged to delete – TooCool Jan 22 '18 at 09:34

Download Files To Internal Storage

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