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If you want to save files that are private to your app, you can acquire the appropriate directory by calling getExternalFilesDir() and passing ... Home Public Questions Tags Users Collectives ExploreCollectives FindaJob Jobs Companies Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam CollectivesonStackOverflow Findcentralized,trustedcontentandcollaboratearoundthetechnologiesyouusemost. Learnmore Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore PrivatefolderonInternal/externalstorageonandroid AskQuestion Asked 6years,1monthago Active 6years,1monthago Viewed 10ktimes 6 2 Iwanttocreateaprivatefolderformyappdata.Thisfolderhastobedeletedautomaticallywhentheappisremovedfromthedevice.Accordingtohttp://developer.android.com/training/basics/data-storage/files.html,Ihavetocreateaprivatefolder.HowcanIachievethis.Mycodebelow.Folderisnotdeletedwhentheappisremoved. publicstaticStringgetAppFilePath(Contextcontext){ Stringpath=""; if(Environment.getExternalStorageState().equals( Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED)){ path=Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() .getAbsolutePath(); path+="/myFolder"; }else{ ContextWrapperc=newContextWrapper(context); path=c.getFilesDir().getPath(); } Fileret=newFile(path); if(!ret.exists()){ ret.mkdirs(); } returnpath; } androidfile Share Follow askedOct20'15at9:01 patspats 1,14522goldbadges1818silverbadges3636bronzebadges Addacomment  |  2Answers 2 Active Oldest Votes 9 youaredoingitwrong. fromthedocumentationyoupointed: Ifyouwanttosavefilesthatareprivatetoyourapp,youcan acquiretheappropriatedirectorybycallinggetExternalFilesDir() andpassingitanameindicatingthetypeofdirectoryyou'dlike. Eachdirectorycreatedthiswayisaddedtoaparentdirectorythat encapsulatesallyourapp'sexternalstoragefiles,whichthesystem deleteswhentheuseruninstallsyourapp. Forexample,here'samethodyoucanusetocreateadirectoryforan individualphotoalbum: publicFilegetAlbumStorageDir(Contextcontext,StringalbumName){ //Getthedirectoryfortheapp'sprivatepicturesdirectory. Filefile=newFile(context.getExternalFilesDir( Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES),albumName); if(!file.mkdirs()){ Log.e(LOG_TAG,"Directorynotcreated"); } returnfile; } Ifnoneofthepre-definedsub-directorynamessuityourfiles,you caninsteadcallgetExternalFilesDir()andpassnull.Thisreturnsthe rootdirectoryforyourapp'sprivatedirectoryontheexternal storage. RememberthatgetExternalFilesDir()createsadirectoryinsideadirectorythatisdeletedwhentheuseruninstallsyourapp.Ifthe filesyou'resavingshouldremainavailableaftertheuseruninstalls yourapp—suchaswhenyourappisacameraandtheuserwillwantto keepthephotos—youshouldinsteaduse getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(). sobasicallyyouneedtousegetExternalFilesDirfunctionintheexampleabovetogetitdeletedwhenappinuninstalled. accordingtodocumentationforgetExternalFilesDir() Parameters typeThetypeoffilesdirectorytoreturn.Maybenullfor therootofthefilesdirectoryoroneofthefollowingconstantsfor asubdirectory:DIRECTORY_MUSIC,DIRECTORY_PODCASTS, DIRECTORY_RINGTONES,DIRECTORY_ALARMS,DIRECTORY_NOTIFICATIONS, DIRECTORY_PICTURES,orDIRECTORY_MOVIES. soapartfrompredefinedtypesyoucanusenullforrootofthedirectory. Share Follow editedOct20'15at10:23 answeredOct20'15at9:12 RahulTiwariRahulTiwari 6,10822goldbadges4343silverbadges6767bronzebadges 4 Yes,Ireadthatpartinthereference,butwhatEnvironment.variableshouldIuse?Ihavedocumentsandcoupleofimages. – pats Oct20'15at10:06 checkupdatedanswer,youcanusenullforrootasthereisnosubdirectoryfordocuments.forpicturesuseDIRECTORY_PICTURES – RahulTiwari Oct20'15at10:24 1 Whydoesthejavadocsaythefollowing:"Thereisnosecurityenforcedwiththesefiles.Forexample,anyapplicationholdingWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGEcanwritetothesefiles."Itseemslikeanyappwithstorageaccessthatknowsmypackagenamecouldaccessthesefiles? – laim2003 Apr14'19at17:27 1 @laim2003usegetFilesDir()insteadifsecurityoffilesisyourconcern – RahulTiwari Apr15'19at10:37 Addacomment  |  -1 Insimplewordsyoucannot. ItisnotpossibleasyoucannothandleeventafteruninstallingtheApp. Share Follow answeredOct20'15at9:13 DroidAksDroidAks 32722silverbadges99bronzebadges Addacomment  |  YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoStackOverflow!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. Draftsaved Draftdiscarded Signuporlogin SignupusingGoogle SignupusingFacebook SignupusingEmailandPassword Submit Postasaguest Name Email Required,butnevershown PostYourAnswer Discard Byclicking“PostYourAnswer”,youagreetoourtermsofservice,privacypolicyandcookiepolicy Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedandroidfileoraskyourownquestion. TheOverflowBlog Whoownsthisoutage?BuildingintelligentescalationchainsformodernSRE Podcast395:Whoisbuildingcloudsfortheindependentdeveloper? 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