That's because a FileDescriptor doesn't necessarily reference an actual file on a filesystem. It's an abstraction for a stream of bytes that could be coming from a file or some other source (such as stdin, stdout). You're not supposed to know or care what it is, you just read or write it.
Doug On Saturday, March 8, 2014 4:51:02 AM UTC-8, jb wrote: > > Dear All, > > I am using an intent to invoke a file chooser. > Some of the file chooser applications return an > Uri of scheme "file" others return an Uri of > "scheme" content. > > I need to obtain the last modified date of the > chosen object. How do I do that? I didn't find > an appropriate API. There is some API that returns > a FileDescriptor. But I don't get the last modified > date from a FileDescriptor. > > Any help appreciate. > > Best Regards > > -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
