androidstoragestorage-access-frameworkfile-move

How to programmatically move , copy files to SD?


I am making an android app which lets the user transfer some files from internal storage to external storage(SD card) using SAF.

This is how I call an intent to let the user choose the SD card directory.

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION);
startActivityForResult(intent, 42);

And this is my onActivityResult

 public  void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {      
    treeUri = data.getData();
    final int takeFlags = data.getFlags()
        & (Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION
        | Intent.FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION);
    getActivity().getContentResolver().takePersistableUriPermission(treeUri, takeFlags);
 }

I am taking permission for whole SD card so that i can move or delete any file in sd card any time .The problem is that even after taking permission i am not able to move or delete any file in SD card.

How should i move a file from internal Storage to external(SD card) for android 5.0 and above.

EDIT:This is the code i am using to move files.

public static void MoveFiles(File src, File dst) throws IOException
{
    FileChannel inChannel = new FileInputStream(src).getChannel();
    FileChannel outChannel = new FileOutputStream(dst).getChannel();
    try
    {
        inChannel.transferTo(0, inChannel.size(), outChannel);
    }
    finally
    {
        if (inChannel != null)
            inChannel.close();
        if (outChannel != null)
            outChannel.close();
           src.delete();
        
    }
}

Solution

  • This is how I finally solved the issue.

    First call an intent to let the user grant write permission for whole SD card.

    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE);
            intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION);
            startActivityForResult(intent, 42);
    

    Then on onActivityResult take write permission.

    public  void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        treeUri = data.getData();
        final int takeFlags = data.getFlags()
            & (Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION
            | Intent.FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION);
        getActivity().getContentResolver().takePersistableUriPermission(treeUri, takeFlags);
    }
    

    And this is the code I used to copy files to SD card.

    public static boolean copy(File copy, String directory, Context con) {
        static FileInputStream inStream = null;
        static OutputStream outStream = null;
        DocumentFile dir= getDocumentFileIfAllowedToWrite(new File(directory), con);
        String mime = mime(copy.toURI().toString());
        DocumentFile copy1= dir.createFile(mime, copy.getName());
        try {
            inStream = new FileInputStream(copy);
            outStream =
                    con.getContentResolver().openOutputStream(copy1.getUri());
            byte[] buffer = new byte[16384];
            int bytesRead;
            while ((bytesRead = inStream.read(buffer)) != -1) {
                outStream.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
    
            }
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            try {
    
                inStream.close();
    
                outStream.close();
    
    
                return true;
    
    
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
    

    The above code uses the following two methods.

    getDocumentFileIfAllowedToWrite method which returns DocumentFile if allowed to write.

    public static DocumentFile getDocumentFileIfAllowedToWrite(File file, Context con) {
        List<UriPermission> permissionUris = con.getContentResolver().getPersistedUriPermissions();
    
        for (UriPermission permissionUri : permissionUris) {
            Uri treeUri = permissionUri.getUri();
            DocumentFile rootDocFile = DocumentFile.fromTreeUri(con, treeUri);
            String rootDocFilePath = FileUtil.getFullPathFromTreeUri(treeUri, con);
    
            if (file.getAbsolutePath().startsWith(rootDocFilePath)) {
    
                ArrayList<String> pathInRootDocParts = new ArrayList<String>();
                while (!rootDocFilePath.equals(file.getAbsolutePath())) {
                    pathInRootDocParts.add(file.getName());
                    file = file.getParentFile();
                }
    
                DocumentFile docFile = null;
    
                if (pathInRootDocParts.size() == 0) {
                    docFile = DocumentFile.fromTreeUri(con, rootDocFile.getUri());
                } else {
                    for (int i = pathInRootDocParts.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
                        if (docFile == null) {
                            docFile = rootDocFile.findFile(pathInRootDocParts.get(i));
                        } else {
                            docFile = docFile.findFile(pathInRootDocParts.get(i));
                        }
                    }
                }
                if (docFile != null && docFile.canWrite()) {
                    return docFile;
                } else {
                    return null;
                }
    
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
    

    And mime method which returns the mime type of the file.

       public static String mime(String URI) {
           static String type;
           String extention = MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl(URI);
           if (extention != null) {
               type = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton().getMimeTypeFromExtension(extention);
           }
           return type;
       }
    

    I have tested the above code with Android Lollipop and Marshmallow.

    EDIT: This is the link to the FileUtils class.