Yes but then you might as well just create a non-temporary file with a
specific name and clear it when the app exits or periodically. You can
create a folder to store these files and wipe it occasionally.
On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 10:47:40 AM UTC+2 P5music wrote:
> Ok
> Can the temporary file be renamed with the entered filename? This is for
> the user to see and attach a file with a meaningful name.
> Thanks
>
> Il giorno venerdì 18 dicembre 2020 alle 05:53:46 UTC+1 Shai Almog ha
> scritto:
>
>> No. That's not a file name. That's a prefix and suffix. The actual name
>> would be longer.
>>
>> On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 11:06:00 AM UTC+2 P5music wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I want to know whether the creation of a temp file with that method will
>>> give an error if the file already exists with that file name.
>>> I think that the file name is not random because it is a parameter of
>>> the createTempFile method, is it?
>>>
>>> Il giorno giovedì 17 dicembre 2020 alle 04:35:55 UTC+1 Shai Almog ha
>>> scritto:
>>>
>>>> You need to save a reference to the created temp file to check if it
>>>> exists as the name is random.
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 12:52:09 PM UTC+2 P5music wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Maybe what I am saying does not make sense, but if I create the temp
>>>>> file I am already going to get an error if the file exists.
>>>>> So I should use
>>>>> file=new File(fileName+".ext");
>>>>>
>>>>> and then create it with
>>>>> if (!file.exists()) file=File.createTempFile(fileName,"ext");
>>>>> ?
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Il giorno mercoledì 16 dicembre 2020 alle 04:45:37 UTC+1 Shai Almog ha
>>>>> scritto:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't follow?
>>>>>> What's the problem with exists() ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 10:41:21 AM UTC+2 P5music wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Excuse me, I have another question about this.
>>>>>>> The app has to check if the file is already present. It could happen
>>>>>>> when the user types the same file name before the temp directory has
>>>>>>> been
>>>>>>> emptied.
>>>>>>> So I have to check it and delete before creating it again.
>>>>>>> But I wonder if temp files are special files, how to check it
>>>>>>> without any uncertainty?
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Il giorno martedì 15 dicembre 2020 alle 05:16:12 UTC+1 Shai Almog ha
>>>>>>> scritto:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It should. But the only way to make 100% sure is to test on the
>>>>>>>> device.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Monday, December 14, 2020 at 1:25:33 PM UTC+2 P5music wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I would like to know if this code snippet will work on iOS.
>>>>>>>>> I want to use the message send feature to export some application
>>>>>>>>> data.
>>>>>>>>> The user is asked for the filename, then a temporary file is
>>>>>>>>> created containing the JSON text to be exported (with a custom file
>>>>>>>>> extension), then that file is used to create an output stream and
>>>>>>>>> attached
>>>>>>>>> like plain text (or should the json mimetype be used?), with no
>>>>>>>>> subject and
>>>>>>>>> no recipients.
>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> try {
>>>>>>>>> file=File.createTempFile(fileName,"ext");
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> OutputStream os =
>>>>>>>>> Storage.getInstance().createOutputStream(file.getAbsolutePath());
>>>>>>>>> os.write(text.getBytes("UTF-8"));
>>>>>>>>> os.flush();
>>>>>>>>> os.close();
>>>>>>>>> } catch (IOException e) {
>>>>>>>>> return;
>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>> Message m = new Message("");
>>>>>>>>> m.getAttachments().put(file.getAbsolutePath(),
>>>>>>>>> "text/plain");
>>>>>>>>> Display.getInstance().sendMessage(new String[]
>>>>>>>>> {""}, "", m);
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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