ANDROID - get csv from phone files then pass to php server via volley

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Good day. Before anything, I would like to say that I have tried searching. However, what I could find is only reading the CSV that is inside the raw resource folder inside res.

What I would like to do is have a Button then it will prompt the user to find the csv file inside the user's phone files, then 'upload' it inside the application. The application will then parse and read it then send it to php in my server via volley for inserting to the database.

I am only a student and is quite new to Android Development so this might be a pretty obvious thing already but I do not know what to find. Please bear with me and I thank you for taking the time to help me. It is for my school project.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 13 '18 at 07:01

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This is the way to get csv file from android device.

String csv = (Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() + "/MyCsvFile.csv"); // Here csv file name is MyCsvFile.csv

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How to create Csv. inside Android Device.
Insert Data into it, Retrieve it & attach into mail,

Look into this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/48643905/8448886

answered Feb 13 '18 at 07:01

Abhishek kumar

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Hello, thank you for answering. Is this a code that can make me choose a csv from any directory inside the phone? – RFA Feb 13 '18 at 07:43
i have not tested yet, you can check but it will get from your internal device.@RFA – Abhishek kumar Feb 13 '18 at 07:45
No. This is not code to let the user pick a file. Its not a file picker or file browser. – greenapps Feb 13 '18 at 08:03

ANDROID - get csv from phone files then pass to php server via volley

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