Getting list of all files of a specific type

Question

Is there a way to get a list of all files of a specific type from the sdcard? For images, we have Media.Images. Similarly, do we have any such framework below API10?

Answer 1

This is my FileFilter for audio files (you can change the extension list for your scenario).

package com.designfuture.music.util;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileFilter;
import java.io.FilenameFilter;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import com.designfuture.framework.util.LogHelper;

public class AudioFileFilter implements FileFilter {

    protected static final String TAG = "AudioFileFilter";
    /**
     * allows Directories
     */
    private final boolean allowDirectories;

    public AudioFileFilter( boolean allowDirectories) {
        this.allowDirectories = allowDirectories;
    }

    public AudioFileFilter() {
        this(true);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean accept(File f) {
        if ( f.isHidden() || !f.canRead() ) {
            return false;
        }

        if ( f.isDirectory() ) {
            return checkDirectory( f );
        }
        return checkFileExtension( f );
    }

    private boolean checkFileExtension( File f ) {
        String ext = getFileExtension(f);
        if ( ext == null) return false;
        try {
            if ( SupportedFileFormat.valueOf(ext.toUpperCase()) != null ) {
                return true;
            }
        } catch(IllegalArgumentException e) {
            //Not known enum value
            return false;    
        }
        return false; 
    }

    private boolean checkDirectory( File dir ) {
        if ( !allowDirectories ) {
            return false;
        } else {
            final ArrayList<File> subDirs = new ArrayList<File>();
            int songNumb = dir.listFiles( new FileFilter() {

                @Override
                public boolean accept(File file) {
                    if ( file.isFile() ) {
                        if ( file.getName().equals( ".nomedia" ) )
                            return false;

                        return checkFileExtension( file );
                    } else if ( file.isDirectory() ){
                        subDirs.add( file );
                        return false;
                    } else
                        return false;
                }
            } ).length;

            if ( songNumb > 0 ) {
                LogHelper.i(TAG, "checkDirectory: dir " + dir.toString() + " return true con songNumb -> " + songNumb );
                return true;
            }

            for( File subDir: subDirs ) {
                if ( checkDirectory( subDir ) ) {
                    LogHelper.i(TAG, "checkDirectory [for]: subDir " + subDir.toString() + " return true" );
                    return true;
                }
            }
            return false;
        }       
    }

    private boolean checkFileExtension( String fileName ) {
        String ext = getFileExtension(fileName);
        if ( ext == null) return false;
        try {
            if ( SupportedFileFormat.valueOf(ext.toUpperCase()) != null ) {
                return true;
            }
        } catch(IllegalArgumentException e) {
            //Not known enum value
            return false;    
        }
        return false; 
    }

    public String getFileExtension( File f ) {
        return getFileExtension( f.getName() );
    }

    public String getFileExtension( String fileName ) {
        int i = fileName.lastIndexOf('.');
        if (i > 0) {
            return fileName.substring(i+1);
        } else 
            return null;
    }

    /**
     * Files formats currently supported by Library
     */
    public enum SupportedFileFormat
    {
        _3GP("3gp"),
        MP4("mp4"),
        M4A("m4a"),
        AAC("aac"),
        TS("ts"),
        FLAC("flac"),
        MP3("mp3"),
        MID("mid"),
        XMF("xmf"),
        MXMF("mxmf"),
        RTTTL("rtttl"),
        RTX("rtx"),
        OTA("ota"),
        IMY("imy"),
        OGG("ogg"),
        MKV("mkv"),
        WAV("wav");

        private String filesuffix;

        SupportedFileFormat( String filesuffix ) {
            this.filesuffix = filesuffix;
        }

        public String getFilesuffix() {
            return filesuffix;
        }
    }

}

You have to use a FileFilter to get a filtered list of files and dir from a dir in this way:

File[] files = dir.listFiles(new AudioFileFilter());

Answer 2

Try below code.

File dir = new File("path to directory");

String[] names = dir.list(
    new FilenameFilter()
    {
        public boolean accept(File dir, String name)
        {
            return name.endsWith(".your file type");
            // Example
            // return name.endsWith(".mp3");
        }
    });

Note that the returned strings are file names only, they do not contain the full path.