Get absolute path to a file create by openFileOutput method in Android

Question

can you tell me what the full path of my xml file, which is created through the following method:

fileos = openFileOutput("new.xml", MODE_PRIVATE);

Thank you for your help.

Erez A. Korn · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-03 14:32:12Z

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Even better, Android will tell you that by itself. :-) Use the following code:

getFileStreamPath("new.xml");

The SDK says:

Returns the absolute path on the filesystem where a file created with openFileOutput(String, int) is stored.

answered Mar 3, 2011 at 14:32

Erez A. Korn

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