Removing a file from internal storage

Question

I am trying to delete images stored in internal storage. I came up with this so far:

File dir = getFilesDir(); File file = new File(dir, id+".jpg"); boolean deleted = file.delete(); 

And this is from another question that was answered with :

 File dir = getFilesDir(); File file = new File(dir, "my_filename"); boolean deleted = file.delete(); 

My example always returns false. I see the fx 2930.jpg file in DDMS in eclipse.

Answer 1

getFilesDir() somehow did not work. Using a method that returns the entire path and file name, gave the desired result. Here is the code:

 File file = new File(ih.getImgPath(id)); boolean deleted = file.delete(); 

Answer 2

Have you tried Context.deleteFile () ?

Answer 3

 String dir = getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath(); File f0 = new File(dir, "myFile"); boolean d0 = f0.delete(); Log.w("Delete Check", "File deleted: " + dir + "/myFile " + d0); 

Code File dir = getFilesDir(); does not work because it is a request for a File object. You are trying to get a string declaring the path to your directory, so you need to declare "dir" as String, and then request that the absolute directory path in the form of String be returned by the constructor that has access to this information.

Answer 4

This works for me:

 File file = new File(photoPath); file.delete(); context.sendBroadcast(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE, Uri.fromFile(new File(photoPath)))); 

Answer 5

You can also use: file.getCanonicalFile().delete();

Answer 6

Have you tried getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath() ?

You seem to have fixed your problem by initializing the File object in the full path. I believe that will help too.