Hi Freddy, strange .. I thought the FileObserver uses Linux native call "inotify" , which is able to send events for directories too,
What definitly will not work is FileObserver for sysfs entries. Good luck ! Frank On 12 Okt., 00:41, Freddy <[email protected]> wrote: > ok. I found more info. Apparently the docs are incorrect. > FileObserver does not support recursive file watching. > > On Oct 11, 1:50 pm, Freddy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The FileObserver class doesn't appear to be working as advertised. > > > I created a class extending the FileObserver class. I initialize the > > class to watch the path of the sdcard as returned from the Android > > Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory function. Everything seems to > > work perfectly as long as the files are in the ROOTof the sdcard. Any > > files within SUB-FOLDERS of the sdcard are NOT returned to my public > > void onEvent(int event, String path) callback in my FileObserver > > class. > > > Has anyone seen this issue? The docs say files in subfolders should > > be returned to the onEvent() callback but it's not happening. Note, > > I've only tested on the Android simulator (v2.2) since I do not yet > > have access to a device. Maybe this is a bug specific to the > > simulator? > > > Thanks!- Zitierten Text ausblenden - > > - Zitierten Text anzeigen - -- 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
