The file object you must be creating, has a few methods. Try experimenting, and I am sure, you will find it out easily. Try the method, file.getName() or something like that, I don't remember exactly.
-Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com On Sep 4, 1:41 am, Pedro Teixeira <pedroteixeir...@gmail.com> wrote: > Obviously not for me lol.. I'm sorry, I'm just a little bit newbie in > this and its giving me a headache just to get a simple name and > extension from the path > > On Sep 3, 2010, at 9:15 PM, Kumar Bibek wrote: > > > > > Use the file class. It's pretty straight forward. > > > -Kumar Bibek > >http://techdroid.kbeanie.com > > > On Sep 4, 12:02 am, Jeremy Wadsack <jeremy.wads...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is basic java. It's not Android specific. > > >> String filename = "something.ext"; > >> String extension = null; > >> int lastDotPosition = filename.lastIndexOf('.'); > >> if( lastDotPosition > 0 ) { > >> extension = filename.substring(lastDotPosition + 1); > > >> } > > >> -- > >> Jeremy Wadsack > > >> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Pedro Teixeira > >> <pedroteixeir...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >>> And how is that done? > >>> I found examples in javascript using the lastindexof ...but cant > >>> find > >>> anything for android java.. > > >>> On Sep 3, 2010, at 6:52 PM, Filip Havlicek wrote: > > >>> Just select extension as string from . to the end and filename as > >>> string > >>> from last / to last . > > >>> Best regards, > >>> Filip Havlicek > > >>> 2010/9/3 Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) <cor...@gmail.com> > > >>>> Have you looked at File? > > >>>> -John Coryat > > >>>> -- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>> Groups "Android Developers" group. > >>>> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers > >>>> %2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > >>>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>>http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>> Groups "Android Developers" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > >>> Pedro Teixeira > > >>>www.pedroteixeira.org > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>> Groups "Android Developers" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers > >>> %2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > Pedro Teixeira > > www.pedroteixeira.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en