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Asked: 2026-06-10T04:30:59+00:00

Given a compressed tar file (created by gzip) on the SDCard I need to

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Given a compressed tar file (created by gzip) on the SDCard I need to expand/uncompress it within an Android app. The tar file contains pictures, text, and subfolders with files under the subfolders. I want the expansion/decompression to maintain the directory hierarchy.

I’ve tried using commons-compress-1.2.jar but Android reports issues with the .jars ArchieveException.

I’m want to implement something like:

File inputFile = new File(“path to the downloaded tar”);

File outputDir = new File(“Directory on the SDCard to uncompress to”);

DecompressThis(inputFile, outputDir);

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  1. Editorial Team

    Wasn’t a trivial solution as I’d hoped. I put together several pieces of public code/library and created an AsyncTask that does what I’m looking for.

    Thanks for the input/help from everyone.

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