FileTools : Some tools to work with files

[Coder007 (S.H)]

‘FileListAsync’ is providing whole path for each file. Is there any way to get only name of each file as a list?

Example - /mnt/sdcard/Download/ Living in the Light.pdf (Currently getting this)
********** But I want to get this for each Item of list Living in the Light.pdf

*****It can be done with SPLIT & INDEX process. But!!

[vknow360 (Sunny Gupta)]

@Coder007

It can be done with SPLIT & INDEX process. But!!

But???
That’s the only way.

[karan_kawad]

You can try this
its working

[Taifun]

@Coder007

Example - /mnt/sdcard/Download/ Living in the Light.pdf (Currently getting this)
********** But I want to get this for each Item of list Living in the Light.pdf

*****It can be done with SPLIT & INDEX process. But!!

another approach taken from the Jukebox example here App Inventor Extensions: File | Pura Vida Apps

Taifun

[Coder007 (S.H)]

What is the directory for both onboard and expandable storage of a device? I have used file:///mnt/sdcard/ but it’s only working for onboard storage. Do I have to read expandable storage separately with the help of another directory or is there any other combine directory to read whole device storage(onboard and expandable)?

[vknow360 (Sunny Gupta)]

@Coder007

I have used file:///mnt/sdcard/ but it’s only working for onboard storage

It does not work on all devices.
Try using /storage/emulated/0/

@Coder007

What is the directory for both onboard and expandable storage of a device?

Please elaborate this more.

[Coder007 (S.H)]

@Coder007

@Coder007

What is the directory for both onboard and expandable storage of a device?

Please elaborate this more.

/storage/emulated/0/ this is for device onboard(internal) storage & /storage/82C3-E96C/(NOT WORKING) is for expandable(removable micro SD card) storage So Do I have to read both storage separately with the help of different directories or is there any other combine directory to read whole device storage(internal and micro SD card)?

[vknow360 (Sunny Gupta)]

@Coder007

Do I have to read both storage separately with the help of different directories or is there any other combine directory to read whole device storage(internal and micro SD card)?

I think you have to use different directories to read different storage directories.
I can be wrong because I have no knowledge of modern storage structures.
So you have to wait to get correct answer.

[bodymindpower (Anke)]

@Coder007

So Do I have to read both storage separately with the help of different directories or is there any other combine directory to read whole device storage(internal and micro SD card)?

See here:

How to get a list of sdcards

Copy text.txt (3 Bytes) (“abc”) to the root directory of the external (removable) SDcard and try this: getDirs.apk (4.8 MB) : [grafik] [grafik]

and here:

FileTools : Some tools to work with files

The root directory of the External Storage is: file:///mnt/sdcard/ or file:///storage/emulated/0/ /storage/emulated/0/. file:///sdcard/Makeroid/library/ is the same as: file:///storage/emulated/0/Makeroid/library/ or /storage/emulated/0/Makeroid/library/ These dirs are visible / accessible on your device, where (from an Android point of view) this “External Storage” is called “Internal Storage” (see below): Internal Storage > Makeroid > library For a webView the path to the assets is …

[Coder007 (S.H)]

Goal : Extraction of data from both internal and micro SD card(If expandable storage is available)

*** Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

[e_sorrentino72 (Enrico Sorrentino)]

Have you granted read / write permissions?

[Coder007 (S.H)]

Yeah I have granted.

[vknow360 (Sunny Gupta)]

Everything seems correct.
It should work.

[Coder007 (S.H)]

Last modification date 01/01/1970 05:30:00 AM (for each and every file)

Mistakes are solved here FileTools : Some tools to work with files - #168 by Coder007

[bodymindpower (Anke)]

What exactly is it about? What do you want to achieve?

[Coder007 (S.H)]

[vknow360 (Sunny Gupta)]

Probably a bug.
Let me check it.

[Coder007 (S.H)]

Could you add an option to sort(descending) files according to date of last modification?

[bodymindpower (Anke)]

and post a test aia.

[bodymindpower (Anke)]

@Coder007

add an option to sort(descending) files

See here:

About Taifun File extension

As a test I have copied 8 gif files from the assets into different folders and show them in a ListView using Taifun’s File extension App Inventor Extensions: File | Pura Vida Apps. The order in which these files are listed seems to follow a principle, but it makes little sense. So to sort these files / list try the following: [grafik] [grafik] Note: it may take several seconds to list the gif files list_gif_sort.apk (4.9 MB)