I am trying to export some data as a .csv file and wish to be able to save it in a named file using the Intent.ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT picker.
private void fileDemo() {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT);
intent.setType("text/csv");
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TITLE, "data.csv");
startActivityForResult(intent, PICKFILE_RESULT_CODE);
}
which works fine and a zero byte correctly named file is created. I have also created a method which will export the CSV data as a file if I save the data to a file with a fixed name
File path = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(
Environment.DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS);
File file = new File(path, "Waypoints.csv");
try {
CSVWriter csvWrite = new CSVWriter(new FileWriter(file));
// rest of code…
The difficulty is getting the second part of the code to accept a file from the first. The code I am using is
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
switch (requestCode) {
case PICKFILE_RESULT_CODE:
if (resultCode == -1) {
fileUri = data.getData();
filePath = fileUri.getPath();
}
try {
FileWriter fileWriter = new FileWriter(filePath); // FileNotFound exception here
// file writing code goes here
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
which throws up a FileNotFound exception. I've spent the day looking through the documentation and the web but, so far, a brick wall. Any ideas?
CodePudding user response:
The difficulty is getting the second part of the code to accept a file from the first
You are not working with a file. Where ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT
creates the document where the user wants it, which may or may not be a file on the filesystem.
Use ContentResolver
and openOutputStream()
:
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
switch (requestCode) {
case PICKFILE_RESULT_CODE:
if (resultCode == -1) {
try {
OutputStream os = getContentResolver().openOutputStream(data.getData());
Writer writer = new OutputStreamWriter(os);
// content writing code goes here
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);