android.os.FileObserver requires a java.io.File to function. But with Android 10 Google restricted access to everything but your app's private directory due to the famous "Storage Access Frame...

In my Android app I want to detect events from directory. Here is code: String path = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + File.separator + "test2"; Log.d("test", "path is " + path); F...

In my application, I have different components, which monitor the particular file in sdcard using FileObservers. So there are two instances of File Observer which observe a single file, say abc.xml...

I want to create Dumpster like app, for this I want notification when user is deleting any file so that I can save it to my app memory. I used File Observer but it is giving notification after fil...

I have an app that observes a public directory on external storage with FileObserver. It works fine on Lollipop devices. I want to add support for Marshmallow, so I set up a Nexus 9 tablet with it....

I have issue with both FIleObserver and ContentObserver not working in Android Marshmallow. I am using this thing for detecting changes that happening inside a folder. I set run time permissions fo...

I've registered a FileObserver for a directory. this.observer = new DirectoryObserver(requested.getAbsolutePath(), FileObserver.CREATE | FileObserver.DELETE | FileObserver.DELETE_SELF); this.obse...

I would like to receive an event whenever a file was added to a specific folder, e.g. the download folder. To reach this I tried 3 different approaches without any success. The target devices are A...

I need to listen to new images that comes from any source like downloading images, capture new images, other apps download images..etc Is there any listener that will trigger event whenever new pho...

I am developing an Android app in which I have to detect changes in Android SD card for audio files with the file name, file path and operation performed upon it. Example if I am adding a file in m...

I want to listen to the changes occured in file system.I am using FileObserver.Here is my code: Code: class MyDirObserver extends FileObserver { String superPath; public MyDirObserver(String...

According to the documentation, "Each FileObserver instance monitors a single file or directory. If a directory is monitored, events will be triggered for all files and subdirectories inside the...

I want to know when a file is finished writing, and to do that I'm trying to use FileObserver. I'm doing it like this: FileObserver observer = new FileObserver(imageUri.getPath()) { @Override pu...