Android; Check if file exists without creating a new one

Question

Your chunk of code does not create a new one, it only checks if its already there and nothing else.

File file = new File(filePath);
if(file.exists())      
//Do something
else
// Do something else.

When you use this code, you are not creating a new File, it's just creating an object reference for that file and testing if it exists or not.

File file = new File(filePath);
if(file.exists()) 
    //do something

It worked for me:

File file = new File(getApplicationContext().getFilesDir(),"whatever.txt");
    if(file.exists()){
       //Do something
    }
    else{
       //Nothing
     }

When you say "in you package folder," do you mean your local app files? If so you can get a list of them using the Context.fileList() method. Just iterate through and look for your file. That's assuming you saved the original file with Context.openFileOutput().

Sample code (in an Activity):

public void onCreate(...) {
    super.onCreate(...);
    String[] files = fileList();
    for (String file : files) {
        if (file.equals(myFileName)) {
            //file exits
        }
    }
}