Delete file from internal storage

Question

I\'m trying to delete images stored in internal storage. I\'ve come up with this so far:

File dir = getFilesDir();
File file = new File(dir, id+\".jpg\");
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Answer 1

String dir = getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath();
File f0 = new File(dir, "myFile");
boolean d0 = f0.delete(); 
Log.w("Delete Check", "File deleted: " + dir + "/myFile " + d0);

The code File dir = getFilesDir(); doesn't work because this is a request for a File object. You're trying to retrieve the String that declares the path to your directory, so you need to declare 'dir' as a String, and then request that the directory's absolute path in String form be returned by the constructor that has access to that information.

Answer 2

File file = new File(getFilePath(imageUri.getValue())); 
boolean b = file.delete();

is not working in my case.

boolean b = file.delete();                 // returns false
boolean b = file.getAbsolutePath.delete(); // returns false 

always returns false.

The issue has been resolved by using the code below:

ContentResolver contentResolver = getContentResolver();
contentResolver.delete(uriDelete, null, null);