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Learnmore howtodownloadandsavemediafilesininternalstorageandroidjava AskQuestion Asked 5monthsago Active 5monthsago Viewed 734times 0 Iwanttodownloadsomeaudiofilesfromtheinternet.IwanttousedownloadmanagertodownloadthisfilebutIdon'tknowhowtosavethesefilestoaspecificinternalstoragelocationinandroid.InternalStorage/folder/filename.mp3(soIcanaccessthemeasily). manager=(DownloadManager)getSystemService(Context.DOWNLOAD_SERVICE); Uriuri=Uri.parse("URL"); DownloadManager.Requestrequest=newDownloadManager.Request(uri); request.setNotificationVisibility(DownloadManager.Request.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE); longreference=manager.enqueue(request); Itisusefulfordownloading.Butwecannotspecifythelocationforthesefiles. Sohowtospecifythesefilestobesavedintheinternalstorageataspecificlocation.Andalso,howtoaccessanddeletethesefiles. Pleasedon'tdevotethisquestionasIgotconfusedwhilegoingthroughmanyarticles. ifanyotherbetteralternativeoranysuggestioncommentdown androidandroid-download-managerandroid-storageandroid-internal-storage Share Follow editedJun10at11:02 SachinBurdak askedJun10at10:55 SachinBurdakSachinBurdak 17788bronzebadges 1 Ofcourseyoucan.Betterlookatrequest.setDestination...functions. – blackapps Jun10at10:58 Addacomment  |  2Answers 2 Active Oldest Votes 1 Checktherequest.setDestinationfunctionshere ToStorefileinExternalApp-SpecificDirectory[example:"external/Android/data/your_app_name/filePath_you_set_in_function”],uselikebelow: DownloadManager.Requestrequest=newDownloadManager.Request(uri); request.setDescription("SelectedVideoisbeingdownloaded"); request.allowScanningByMediaScanner(); request.setTitle("DownloadingVideo"); request.setNotificationVisibility(DownloadManager.Request.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE_NOTIFY_COMPLETED); //Setthelocaldestinationforthedownloadedfiletoapathwithintheapplication'sexternalfilesdirectory request.setDestinationInExternalFilesDir(context,Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS,fileName);//ToStorefileinExternalPublicDirectoryuse"setDestinationInExternalPublicDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS,fileName)" DownloadManagermanager=(DownloadManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.DOWNLOAD_SERVICE); manager.enqueue(request); Andifyouwanttodownloadittoanotherplaceyouneedtomoveitafteryourdownloadgetsfinished,byusingIOstreams.YoucanuseabroadcastreceivertoperformthistaskoncetheDownloadManagerhasfinisheddownloading.YoucanuseFileProvidertoopenthefilewithanotherappinAndroidversion10orabove. Share Follow editedJun10at18:23 answeredJun10at12:02 AkkiAkki 61077silverbadges1717bronzebadges 5 "Path"isnotapublicdirsothatwillnotgo.Andtheyarenocallbacks. – blackapps Jun10at12:06 1 Sorry,butyourupdatemakesitevenworsebysupplyingafullparh.Andthelegacypermissionrequestisnotneeded.Never. – blackapps Jun10at12:42 1 @blackapps,Thisworkingwellatmyend.Pleasesharetheotheroptionifyouhaveone. – Akki Jun10at18:24 @Akkibuthowtoretrieveanddeletethatspecificfile.(Iamusingrequest.setDestinationInExternalFilesDir) – SachinBurdak Jun11at9:14 @SachinBurdak,Youhavealreadyanswered!.yes,togetthespecificfileuse"context.getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS),fileName)" – Akki Jun11at18:02 Addacomment  |  1 simplyaddthislinetosavefile: request.setDestinationInExternalFilesDir(context,Environment.DIRECTORY_ALARM,mp3name); todeletethisfile Filefile=new File(context.getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_ALARMS),"Fav_Ringtone.mp3"); file.delete(); toreadthisfile Filefile=newFile(context.getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_ALARMS),"Fav_Ringtone.mp3"); Share Follow answeredJun11at11:15 SachinBurdakSachinBurdak 17788bronzebadges Addacomment  |  YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoStackOverflow!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. 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