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Android Android Data Persistence File Storage Writing to Internal Storage

Posted by Irmak Topkaya
Irmak Topkaya
1,072 Points

check to see if a file exists or not - Android data persistence

I am stuck with this objective. Actually I tried many variations but I couldn't accomplish it. If anyone can help or give a clue, greatly appreciate.

this is the code chuck:

public static void saveAssetImage(Context context, String assetName) { File fileToWrite = new File(context.getFilesDir(), assetName); AssetManager assetManager = context.getAssets();

try {
  InputStream in = assetManager.open(assetName);
  FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(fileToWrite);
  copyResult = copyFile(in, out);
} catch(FileNotFoundException e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
}

} this is the code that I changed:

File fileToWrite = new File(context.getFilesDir(), assetName);

AssetManager assetManager = context.getAssets();

try {
  InputStream in = assetManager.open(assetName);
  FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(fileToWrite);
  if(fileToWrite.exist()){
   }else{copyResult = copyFile(in, out);}

} catch(FileNotFoundException e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
}

}

Rob Randell
Rob Randell
13,809 Points

You're just missing the 's' at the end of 'exist' so it is 'if(fileToWrite.exists())'.

Irmak Topkaya
Irmak Topkaya
1,072 Points

Thank you :) I am feeling like blind!