How do I list all file in a directory in android 10 using Android Studio?

Question

My current code uses:

String DirectoryPath = "/storage/emulated/0";
File f = new File(DirectoryPath);
File[] file = f.listFiles();

The problem is that the array comes up as blank for anything outside:

/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.example.myProgram

From what I read online this no longer works with android 10+. So how would I list all files in a certain directory? (Making a file explorer as part of an App)

this answer helped me to resolve this issue on android 10: https://stackoverflow.com/a/63177725/6548239 — Hamid Noureddine, Oct 18 '20 at 15:28

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 01 '20 at 16:37

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Just add this line of code to your manifest in the application tag.

android: requestLegacyExternalStorage= "true"

answered Nov 01 '20 at 16:37

Johnny

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Perfect this should be the Answer, Thank you. – Wowo Ot Dec 07 '20 at 18:36
In android 10 it is deprecated(https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage/use-cases#opt-out-scoped-storage) try in another way – mahesh kumar May 02 '21 at 18:17

mahesh kumar · Answer 2 · 2021-05-02T19:14:51.513

Yes, With old code it won't work. Here i found the solution

    List<Uri> filesList = new ArrayList<>();

    Uri collection;
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
        collection = MediaStore.Images.Media.getContentUri(MediaStore.VOLUME_EXTERNAL);
    } else {
        collection = MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;
    }

    String[] projection = new String[]{
            MediaStore.Images.Media._ID,
            MediaStore.Images.Media.DISPLAY_NAME,
            MediaStore.Images.Media.SIZE
    };
    String selection = null;
    if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
        selection = MediaStore.Images.Media.BUCKET_DISPLAY_NAME +
                " =? ";
    }
    String[] selectionArgs = new String[]{
            "Your folder name"
    };
    String sortOrder = MediaStore.Images.Media.DISPLAY_NAME + " ASC";
    Cursor cursor = getApplicationContext().getContentResolver().query(
            collection,
            projection,
            selection,
            selectionArgs,
            sortOrder
    );
    if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
        Log.d("continue", "not null");
    } else {
        Log.d("continue", "null return");
        return;
    }
    // Cache column indices.
    int idColumn = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media._ID);
    int nameColumn =
            cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DISPLAY_NAME);
    int sizeColumn = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.SIZE);

    do {
        // Get values of columns for a given Images.
        long id = cursor.getLong(idColumn);
        String name = cursor.getString(nameColumn);
        int size = cursor.getInt(sizeColumn);

        Uri contentUri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(
                MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, id);
        Log.d("continue", "path-->" + contentUri);
        filesList.add(contentUri);

        // Stores column values and the contentUri in a local object
        // that represents the media file.
    } while (cursor.moveToNext());

In the above code, I written for images only if you want any other files audio video you need to replace Images with Audio and Video ...etc

Note: if you convert Uri to file or string, then you can't use those files. You will get an error in android 10

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 29 '20 at 04:23

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for get fileNames,try this.

File sdCardRoot = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
File yourDir = new File(sdCardRoot, "path");
for (File f : yourDir.listFiles()) {
    if (f.isFile())
        String name = f.getName();
        // Do your stuff
}

answered Jun 29 '20 at 04:23

S T

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I get the error: 'getExternalStorageDirectory()' is deprecated as of API 29: Android 10.0 (Q) – Kevin K Jun 29 '20 at 06:52
If you get a message that something is deprecated then that is no error. – blackapps Jun 29 '20 at 06:56
Yes, it is deprecated and won't be available in Android 11+ even with legacyStorage. – Md Azharuddin Oct 11 '20 at 12:10

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 29 '20 at 06:17

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What you described is valid.

Use Storage Access Framework to be able to list all directories.

answered Jun 29 '20 at 06:17

blackapps

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 09 '20 at 09:18

Base on https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Environment#getExternalStorageDirectory(), To improve user privacy, direct access to shared/external storage devices is deprecated Apps can continue to access content stored on shared/external storage by migrating to alternatives such as Context#getExternalFilesDir(String), MediaStore, or Intent#ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT.

In my case,I need to find images or any kind of documents like .docx,.xls file on user's device so I'm using ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT like bellow:

     Intent intent = new Intent();
        intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT);
        intent.setType("*/*");
        startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CODE_INTENT_GET_CV);

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