How can i get the time of creation of a file and put it in an array?

Question

How can i get the time of creation of the files that are in a folder and then put in them in a string array?

This is the code use for read the files of the folder and then put them in a string array:final

File carpeta = new File("/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/cc.openframeworks.androidMultiOFActivitiesExample/files/xml");

listarFicherosPorCarpeta(carpeta);

  List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();

    public void listarFicherosPorCarpeta(final File carpeta) {
        for (final File ficheroEntrada: carpeta.listFiles()) {

            if (ficheroEntrada.isDirectory()) {
                listarFicherosPorCarpeta(ficheroEntrada);
            } else {
                System.out.println(ficheroEntrada.getName());
                    list.add(ficheroEntrada.getName());

            }
        }

Answer 1

File file = new File(filePath);
Date lastModDate = new Date(file.lastModified());
Log.i("File last modified @ : "+ lastModDate.toString());

Credit to Android: How to get a file's creation date?

Answer 2

If you are on API 26 or above, use BasicFileAttributes.

BasicFileAttributes attr = Files.readAttributes(filePath, BasicFileAttributes.class);
long creationTime = attr.creationTime().toMillis();