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Move file from internal storage to Sd card

I want to move file from internal storage to sd card. I've tried with Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() but it's moving internal storage only.
I've used below code:
ContextCompat.getExternalFilesDirs(mActivity, null)[0]
but it's moving in package folder
/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.unzipdemo/files/MyFileStorage/SampleFile.txt
I want to move files in a specific folder name. Can you please help me to solve it.

Try this method copyDirectoryOneLocationToAnotherLocation()
Pass the internal file value as source location and External file path
as target location
public static void copyDirectoryOneLocationToAnotherLocation(File sourceLocation, File
targetLocation)
throws IOException {
if (sourceLocation.isDirectory()) {
if (!targetLocation.exists()) {
targetLocation.mkdir();
}
String[] children = sourceLocation.list();
for (int i = 0; i < sourceLocation.listFiles().length; i++) {
copyDirectoryOneLocationToAnotherLocation(new File(sourceLocation, children[i]),
new File(targetLocation, children[i]));
}
} else {
InputStream in = new FileInputStream(sourceLocation);
OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(targetLocation);
// Copy the bits from instream to outstream
byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
int len;
while ((len = in.read(buf)) > 0) {
out.write(buf, 0, len);
}
in.close();
out.close();
}
}
NOTE :- After copying delete the source file

Zipping method generating infinite loop

I'm trying put all subfolders of a folder in a zip file, so I'm doing this:
public static void zipFolder(String inputFolderPath, String outZipPath) {
try {
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(outZipPath);
ZipOutputStream zos = new ZipOutputStream(fos);
File srcFile = new File(inputFolderPath);
File[] files = srcFile.listFiles();
Log.d("", "Zip directory: " + srcFile.getName());
for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
Log.d("", "Adding file: " + files[i].getName());
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(files[i]);
zos.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(files[i].getName()));
int length;
while ((length = fis.read(buffer)) > 0) {
zos.write(buffer, 0, length);
}
zos.closeEntry();
fis.close();
}
zos.close();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
Log.e("", ioe.getMessage());
}
I saw this code in this question
But, the code goes into loop because lenght is always 1024
The loop happens at the second file. I printed the fileList:
In this case I tried create the "aaaaaaa" file, the others are from another attempt and I didn't understand why they are showed, because the directory don't have none zip file.
PS: the directory that I'm trying compress has two subfolders. I don't know if this can influence.

I solved the problem :D
In my vision, the method don't consider subfolders, only files. In my case I have two folders inside files directory and the content inside them.
So, now I call the method for each subfolder and the outZipPath should be a public directory:
Controller.zipFolder(getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS).getAbsolutePath(), Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS) + "/content_" +
Util.formatoData.format(data).replace("/", ".") + ".zip");

Download(copy?) a file from my res/raw folder to the default Android download location?

I am making a soundboard for practice and I want to give the user the ability to download the sound (that I have included in the app in the res/raw folder) onClick of a menu item but I can only find information about downloading from an internet url, not something that I already included in the apk.
What is the best way to do this? I would like to give them the option to save to an SD card also if this is possible. A point towards the correct class to use in the documentation would be great! I've been googling to no avail.
Thanks!

Try something like this:
public void saveResourceToFile() {
InputStream in = null;
FileOutputStream fout = null;
try {
in = getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.test);
String downloadsDirectoryPath = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).getAbsolutePath();
String filename = "myfile.mp3"
fout = new FileOutputStream(new File(downloadsDirectoryPath + filename));
final byte data[] = new byte[1024];
int count;
while ((count = in.read(data, 0, 1024)) != -1) {
fout.write(data, 0, count);
}
} finally {
if (in != null) {
in.close();
}
if (fout != null) {
fout.close();
}
}
}

I don't know about the raw but I did a similar thing in my app using the assets folder. My files are under the assets/backgrounds folder as you can probably guess from the code below.
You can modify this code and make it work for you (I know I will only have 4 files which is why I have i go from 0 to 4 but you can change this to whatever you want).
This code copies the file starting with prefix_ (like prefix_1.png, prefix_2.png, etc) to my cache directory but you can obviously change the extension, the filename or the path you would like to save the assets to.
public static void copyAssets(final Context context, final String prefix) {
for (Integer i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
String filename = prefix + "_" + i.toString() + ".png";
File f = new File(context.getCacheDir() + "/" + filename);
if (f.exists()) {
f.delete();
}
if (!f.exists())
try {
InputStream is = context.getAssets().open("backgrounds/" + filename);
int size = is.available();
byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
is.read(buffer);
is.close();
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(f);
fos.write(buffer);
fos.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("Exception occurred while trying to load file from assets.", e.getMessage());
}
}
}

Copying file (img/doc) from a specific path to another in Android

I've a functionality in my application in which I save a doc/img file path in my database. This file is lying in a folder (E.g. "/mnt/sdcard/MyApp/MyItem/test.png"). Now what i want to do is to copy this file to other folder (E.g. /mnt/sdcard/MyApp/MyItem/Today/test.png).
Right now I am using the code below but it's not working :
private void copyDirectory(File from, File to) throws IOException {
try {
int bytesum = 0;
int byteread = 0;
InputStream inStream = new FileInputStream(from);
FileOutputStream fs = new FileOutputStream(to);
byte[] buffer = new byte[1444];
while ((byteread = inStream.read(buffer)) != -1) {
bytesum += byteread;
fs.write(buffer, 0, byteread);
}
inStream.close();
fs.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
and on button click am using the following code :
File sourceFile = new File(fileList.get(0).getAbsolutePath); //comes from dbs
File targetFile = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),"MyApp/MyItem/Today/");
copyDirectory(sourceFile,targetFile, currDateStr);
Any idea why it's not working?

This code is working fine for me.
public void copy(File src, File dst) throws IOException {
InputStream in = new FileInputStream(src);
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);
}
in.close();
out.close();
}
And one more thing have you added in Manifest file *permission to write to external storage.*
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

Yup got it working, I was not giving file name while copying the files, and didnt really look at error log, got it working now thanks. And yea the above code works just fine.

Copying Xml File From Res/Xml Folder to Device Storage

I'm trying to copy an xml file from the res/xml folder to the device storage but I'm really struggling on how to do this.
I know that the starting point is to get an InputStream to read the xml file. This is achieved by using this:
InputStream is = getResources().openRawResource(R.xml.xmlfile);
Eventually the output stream will be:
file = new File("xmlfile.xml");
FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(file);
But I'm really struggling on how to read and copy all the information from the initial xml file correctly and accurately.
So far, I've tried using various InputStream and OutputStream to read and write (DataInputStream, DataOutputStream, OutputStreamWriter, etc.) but I still didn't managed to get it correctly. There are some unknown characters (encoding issue?) in the produced xml file. Can anyone help me on this? Thanks!

From res/xml you can't you have to put all files in your assets folder then use below code
Resources r = getResources();
AssetManager assetManager = r.getAssets();
File f = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "dummy.xml");
InputStream is = = assetManager.open("fileinAssestFolder.xml");
OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(f, true);
final int buffer_size = 1024 * 1024;
try
{
byte[] bytes = new byte[buffer_size];
for (;;)
{
int count = is.read(bytes, 0, buffer_size);
if (count == -1)
break;
os.write(bytes, 0, count);
}
is.close();
os.close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ex.printStackTrace();
}

I think you should use the raw folder instead. Have a look at http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/providing-resources.html.

You can also use this code:
try {
InputStream input = getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.XZY);
OutputStream output = getApplicationContext().openFileOutput("xyz.mp3", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
byte data[] = new byte[1024];
long total = 0;
int count;
while ((count = input.read(data)) != -1) {
total += count;
output.write(data, 0, count);
}
output.flush();
output.close();
input.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
And when you need file use this code:
File k =getApplicationContext().getFileStreamPath("xyz.mp3");