Question

I need to save an object to public external storage (http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html#filesExternal) Please scroll down to “Saving files that should be shared” i.e. saving files such that it won’t get deleted if the app is uninstalled.

After saving it, I need to load the object back from the saved file and display it. Just using int object for testing purposes. Please help.

Here’s my code for saving and loading

int a = 1;
if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(Environment.getExternalStorageState()))
{
    String path = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).toString();
    final File file = new File (path, "int_object_saved.dat");

    FileOutputStream file_output_stream = null;
    ObjectOutputStream object_output_stream = null;
    boolean should_keep_file = true;

    try
    {
        file_output_stream = new FileOutputStream(file);
        object_output_stream = new ObjectOutputStream(file_output_stream);
        object_output_stream.writeObject(a);

    }
    catch (FileNotFoundException e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
        should_keep_file = false;
    }
    catch (IOException e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
        should_keep_file = false;
    }
    finally
    {
        try
        {
            if(object_output_stream != null)
                object_output_stream.close();

            if(file_output_stream != null)
                file_output_stream.close();

            if(!should_keep_file)
                file.delete();
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}
else
{
    Log.d("mytag", "Sorry can't write to external media");
}

int b = 0;
try
{
    FileInputStream file_input_stream;
    file_input_stream = activity_parameter.openFileInput("int_object_saved.dat");
    ObjectInputStream object_input_stream = new ObjectInputStream(file_input_stream);
    b = (Integer) object_input_stream.readObject();
    object_input_stream.close();
}
catch (FileNotFoundException e)
{
    e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (OptionalDataException e)
{
    e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
{
    e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (IOException e)
{
    e.printStackTrace();
}

Log.d("mytag", Integer.toString(b));

This is the logcat I get

08-02 12:39:48.382: I/ApplicationPackageManager(13109): cscCountry is not German : BTU
08-02 12:39:48.421: D/mytag(13109): my Log is working :D
08-02 12:39:48.437: W/System.err(13109): java.io.FileNotFoundException: /data/data/j.violajones.facedetect1/files/int_object_saved.dat (No such file or directory)
08-02 12:39:48.437: W/System.err(13109): at org.apache.harmony.luni.platform.OSFileSystem.open(Native Method)
08-02 12:39:48.437: W/System.err(13109): at dalvik.system.BlockGuard$WrappedFileSystem.open(BlockGuard.java:232)
08-02 12:39:48.437: W/System.err(13109): at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:80)
08-02 12:39:48.437: W/System.err(13109): at android.app.ContextImpl.openFileInput(ContextImpl.java:416)
08-02 12:39:48.437: W/System.err(13109): at android.content.ContextWrapper.openFileInput(ContextWrapper.java:152) 
08-02 12:39:48.437: W/System.err(13109): at j.violajones.facedetect1.Detector.<init>(Detector.java:94) 
08-02 12:39:48.437: W/System.err(13109): at j.violajones.facedetect1.Camera_Activty.onCreate(Camera_Activty.java:72)
08-02 12:39:48.437: W/System.err(13109): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
08-02 12:39:48.437: W/System.err(13109): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1615)
08-02 12:39:48.437: W/System.err(13109): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1667)
08-02 12:39:48.437: W/System.err(13109): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:117)
08-02 12:39:48.437: W/System.err(13109): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:935)
08-02 12:39:48.437: W/System.err(13109): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
08-02 12:39:48.437: W/System.err(13109): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
08-02 12:39:48.437: W/System.err(13109): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3687)
08-02 12:39:48.445: W/System.err(13109): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
08-02 12:39:48.445: W/System.err(13109): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
08-02 12:39:48.445: W/System.err(13109): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:867)
08-02 12:39:48.445: W/System.err(13109): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:625)
08-02 12:39:48.445: W/System.err(13109): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
08-02 12:39:48.445: D/mytag(13109): 0

and this is my AndroidManifest.xml file

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="j.violajones.facedetect1"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" />

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="15" />

    <application
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name=".Camera_Activty"
            android:label="@string/title_activity_camera__activty"
            android:screenOrientation="landscape" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

Answer 1

Error message is clear:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: /data/data/j.violajones.facedetect1/files/int_object_saved.dat (No such file or directory)

You don’t have such a file at /data/data/j.violajones.facedetect1/files/int_object_saved.dat

And indeed you don’t seem to be writing to that location because you use:

String path = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).toString();
final File file = new File (path, "int_object_saved.dat");

So try to read from the location where you saved it:

String path = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).toString();
FileInputStream file_input_stream = new FileInputStream(path + "/int_object_saved.dat");
/*...*/