I'm trying to write an image file into the public gallery folder in a specific directory but I keep getting an error that I can't open the file because its a directory.
What I have so far is the following
//set the file path
String path = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES) + File.separator + directory;
File outputFile = new File(path,"testing.png");
outputFile.mkdirs();
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(outputFile);
bmp.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, out);
Where directory is the application name. So all the photos saved by the application will go into that folder/directory, but I keep getting the error
/storage/sdcard0/Pictures/appname/testing.png: open failed: EISDIR (Is a directory)
Even if I don't try to put it in a directory and cast the variable path as a File like
File path = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);
I don't get the error however the photo is still not showing up in the gallery.
***Answer The problem was that when I ran this code originally it created a DIRECTORY named testing.png because I failed to create the directory before creating the file IN the directory. So the solution is to make the directory first then write into it with a separate file like so
String path = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES).toString() + File.separator + directory;
//directory is a static string variable defined in the class
//make a file with the directory
File outputDir = new File(path);
//create dir if not there
if (!outputDir.exists()) {
outputDir.mkdir();
}
//make another file with the full path AND the image this time, resized is a static string
File outputFile = new File(path+File.separator+resized);
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(outputFile);
bmp.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, out);
Note you may need to go into your storage and manually delete the directory if you made the same mistake i did to begin with
The files stored on the external storage are located in sdcard/Android/data/app_name/.
In general there are two types of External Storage: Primary External Storage: In built shared storage which is “accessible by the user by plugging in a USB cable and mounting it as a drive on a host computer”. Example: When we say Nexus 5 32 GB. Secondary External Storage: Removable storage. Example: SD Card.
You are trying to write into a directory instead of file. try this
String path = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES) + File.separator + directory;
File outputDir= new File(path);
outputDir.mkdirs();
File newFile = new File(path + File.separator + "test.png");
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(newFile);
bmp.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, out);
Your code is correct, only little changes needs as follows,
String path = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES) + File.separator + directory;
// First Create Directory
File outputFile = new File(path);
outputFile.mkdirs();
// Now Create File
outputFile = new File(path,"testing.png");
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(outputFile);
bmp.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, out);
Also don't forget to give WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission in your AndroidManifest.xml file.
If you are getting this error while working on Android Emulator; you need to enable SD Card storage on the emulator.
public static String SaveImage(Bitmap finalBitmap) {
String root = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES).toString();
File myDir = new File(root + "/FolderName");
if(!myDir.exists())
myDir.mkdirs();
Random generator = new Random();
int n = 10000;
n = generator.nextInt(n);
String fname = "Image-"+ n +".png";
File file = new File (myDir, fname);
if (file.exists ()) file.delete ();
try {
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(file);
finalBitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 90, out);
out.flush();
out.close();
} catch (Throwable e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return file.getAbsolutePath();
}
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