Question

I have a logging class for writing into a file in the app’s internal storage space. Whenever the log file exceeds the size limit. For clearing the contents, I am closing the current FileOutputStream and creating a new stream with Write mode and closing it. Is there a way better way for accomplishing this:

public final void clearLog() throws IOException {
        synchronized (this) {
            FileOutputStream fos = null;
            try {
                // close the current log file stream
                mFileOutputStream.close();

                // create a stream in write mode
                fos = mContext.openFileOutput(
                        LOG_FILE_NAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
                fos.close();

                // create a new log file in append mode
                createLogFile();
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                Log.e(THIS_FILE,
                        "Failed to clear log file:" + ex.getMessage());
            } finally {
                if (fos != null) {
                    fos.close();
                }
            }
        }
    }

Answer 1

You could also overwrite your file with nothing.

UPDATE:

There seems to be a better option with getFilesDir () Have a look at this question How to delete internal storage file in android?