The easiest way to sort and work with files in general is the Commons IO API:
http://commons.apache.org/io/ On Jul 25, 6:56 am, greg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Tom. I'll add the explicit sort. > > - greg > > On Jul 24, 6:19 pm, Tom Gibara <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > From the Sun/Oracle javadocs: > > > There is no guarantee that the name strings in the resulting array will > > > > appear in any specific order; they are not, in particular, guaranteed to > > > appear in alphabetical order. > > > Tom. > > > -- > > Tom Gibara > > email: [email protected] > > web:http://www.tomgibara.com > > blog:http://blog.tomgibara.com > > twitter: tomgibara > > > On 24 July 2010 22:12, greg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I don't see anything about this change in the API differences report > > > athttp://developer.android.com/sdk/api_diff/8/changes.html. However > > > when my Nexus One started running Android 2.2, the list of files > > > created by the following code are now in reverse alphabetical order > > > rather than alphabetical order (as they were with Android 2.1 and > > > earlier, AFAIK): > > > > File fileDir = new File(strSomePathToSDCardDirectory); > > > String fn[] = fileDir.list(); > > > > The line "Arrays.sort(fn);" revives the alphabetical order of the > > > list, but sorts are computationally expensive and AFAIK the explicit > > > call to Arrays.sort() was unnecessary prior to Android 2.2. > > > > Was this change intentional? > > > > - greg > > > > P.S., In addition to seeing this order change on the Nexus One, it can > > > be confirmed on the emulator running level 7 and level 8 AVDs. > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<android-developers%2bunsubs[email protected]> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
