To copy a file and save it to your destination path you can use the method below.
public static void copy(File src, File dst) throws IOException {
InputStream in = new FileInputStream(src);
try {
OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(dst);
try {
// Transfer bytes from in to out
byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
int len;
while ((len = in.read(buf)) > 0) {
out.write(buf, 0, len);
}
} finally {
out.close();
}
} finally {
in.close();
}
}
On API 19+ you can use Java Automatic Resource Management:
public static void copy(File src, File dst) throws IOException {
try (InputStream in = new FileInputStream(src)) {
try (OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(dst)) {
// Transfer bytes from in to out
byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
int len;
while ((len = in.read(buf)) > 0) {
out.write(buf, 0, len);
}
}
}
}
Alternatively, you can use FileChannel to copy a file. It might be faster than the byte copy method when copying a large file. You can't use it if your file is bigger than 2GB though.
public void copy(File src, File dst) throws IOException {
FileInputStream inStream = new FileInputStream(src);
FileOutputStream outStream = new FileOutputStream(dst);
FileChannel inChannel = inStream.getChannel();
FileChannel outChannel = outStream.getChannel();
inChannel.transferTo(0, inChannel.size(), outChannel);
inStream.close();
outStream.close();
}
Kotlin extension for it
fun File.copyTo(file: File) {
inputStream().use { input ->
file.outputStream().use { output ->
input.copyTo(output)
}
}
}
This is simple on Android O (API 26), As you see:
@RequiresApi(api = Build.VERSION_CODES.O)
public static void copy(File origin, File dest) throws IOException {
Files.copy(origin.toPath(), dest.toPath());
}
These worked nice for me
public static void copyFileOrDirectory(String srcDir, String dstDir) {
try {
File src = new File(srcDir);
File dst = new File(dstDir, src.getName());
if (src.isDirectory()) {
String files[] = src.list();
int filesLength = files.length;
for (int i = 0; i < filesLength; i++) {
String src1 = (new File(src, files[i]).getPath());
String dst1 = dst.getPath();
copyFileOrDirectory(src1, dst1);
}
} else {
copyFile(src, dst);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void copyFile(File sourceFile, File destFile) throws IOException {
if (!destFile.getParentFile().exists())
destFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
if (!destFile.exists()) {
destFile.createNewFile();
}
FileChannel source = null;
FileChannel destination = null;
try {
source = new FileInputStream(sourceFile).getChannel();
destination = new FileOutputStream(destFile).getChannel();
destination.transferFrom(source, 0, source.size());
} finally {
if (source != null) {
source.close();
}
if (destination != null) {
destination.close();
}
}
}
Much simpler now with Kotlin:
File("originalFileDir", "originalFile.name")
.copyTo(File("newFileDir", "newFile.name"), true)
true
orfalse
is for overwriting the destination file
https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.io/java.io.-file/copy-to.html
It might be too late for an answer but the most convenient way is using
FileUtils
's
static void copyFile(File srcFile, File destFile)
e.g. this is what I did
`
private String copy(String original, int copyNumber){
String copy_path = path + "_copy" + copyNumber;
try {
FileUtils.copyFile(new File(path), new File(copy_path));
return copy_path;
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
`
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