Android DirectoryChooser
A simple directory chooser you can integrate into your Android app.
This version of the library has no additional dependencies, but requires Android v11+ to work.there is, however, a pre-v11-branch that supports down to v7 using ActionBarSherlock.
You can download the sample app from the Play Store :
Based on the DirectoryChooser from the excellent AntennaPod App by danieloeh.As stand-alone Activity
as DialogFragment
Usage
For a full example see the sample app in the repository.
from Maven Central
Library releases are available on Maven Central, snapshots can be retrieved from Sonatype :
Release (SDK 11 +)
Gradlecompile 'net.rdrei.android.dirchooser:library:3.2@aar'
Maven
net.rdrei.android.dirchooser
library
3.2
aar
Release (SDK 7 +)
Gradlecompile 'net.rdrei.android.dirchooser:library:1.0-pre-v11@aar'
Maven
net.rdrei.android.dirchooser
library
1.0-pre-v11
aar
Snapshot (SDK 11 +)compile 'net.rdrei.android.dirchooser:library:3.2-SNAPSHOT@aar'
Snapshot (SDK 4 +)compile 'net.rdrei.android.dirchooser:library:2.0-pre-v11-SNAPSHOT@aar'
as Library Project
Alternatively, check out this repository and add it as a library project.$ git clone https://github.com/passy/Android-DirectoryChooser.git
Import the project into your favorite IDE and addandroid.library.reference.1=/path/to/Android-DirectoryChooser/libraryto your project.properties.
Manifest
You need to declare the DirectoryChooserActivity and request theandroid.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGEpermission.
...
Activity
To choose a directory, start the activity from your app logic :finalIntent chooserIntent =newIntent(this, DirectoryChooserActivity.class);finalDirectoryChooserConfig config =DirectoryChooserConfig.builder()
. newDirectoryName("DirChooserSample")
. allowReadOnlyDirectory(true)
. allowNewDirectoryNameModification(true)
. build();
chooserIntent.putExtra(DirectoryChooserActivity.EXTRA_CONFIG, config);// REQUEST_DIRECTORY is a constant integer to identify the request, e.g. 0startActivityForResult(chooserIntent, REQUEST_DIRECTORY);
Handle the result in your onActivityResult method :@Overrideprotectedvoid onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
if (requestCode ==REQUEST_DIRECTORY) {
if (resultCode ==DirectoryChooserActivity.RESULT_CODE_DIR_SELECTED) {
handleDirectoryChoice(data
. getStringExtra(DirectoryChooserActivity.RESULT_SELECTED_DIR));
} else {
// Nothing selected }
}
}
Fragment
You can also use the underlying DialogFragment for even better integration.whether you use the Fragment as a Dialog or not is completely up to you.all you have to do is implement the OnFragmentInteractionListener interface to respond to the events that a directory is selected or the user cancels the dialog :publicclassDirChooserFragmentSampleextendsActivityimplementsDirectoryChooserFragment.OnFragmentInteractionListener {
privateTextView mDirectoryTextView;
privateDirectoryChooserFragment mDialog;
@OverrideprotectedvoidonCreate(BundlesavedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.dialog);
finalDirectoryChooserConfig config =DirectoryChooserConfig.builder()
. newDirectoryName("DialogSample")
. build();
mDialog =DirectoryChooserFragment.newInstance(config);
mDirectoryTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textDirectory);
findViewById(R.id.btnChoose)
. setOnClickListener(newView.OnClickListener() {
@OverridepublicvoidonClick(Viewv) {
mDialog.show(getFragmentManager(), null);
}
});
}
@OverridepublicvoidonSelectDirectory(@NonNullStringpath) {
mDirectoryTextView.setText(path);
mDialog.dismiss();
}
@OverridepublicvoidonCancelChooser() {
mDialog.dismiss();
}
}
If calling the directory chooser from your own fragment, be sure to set the target fragment first :@Overridepublicvoid onClick(View v) {
mDialog.setTargetFragment(this, 0);
mDialog.show(getFragmentManager(), null);
}
Configuration
The Directory Chooser is configured through a parcelable configuration object, which is great because it means that you don't have to tear your hair out over finicky string extras.Instead, you get auto-completion and a nice immutable data structure.here's what you can configure :newDirectoryName : String (required )
Name of the directory to create.User can change this name when he creates the folder.to avoid this use allowNewDirectoryNameModification argument.initialDirectory : String (default :"")
Optional argument to define the path of the directory that will be shown first.if it is not sent or if path denotes a non readable/writable directory or it is not a directory, it defaults toandroid.os.Environment#getExternalStorageDirectory()allowReadOnlyDirectory : Boolean (default :false )
Argument to define whether or not the directory chooser allows read-only paths to be chosen.if it false only directories with read-write access can be chosen.allowNewDirectoryNameModification : Boolean (default :false )
Argument to define whether or not the directory chooser allows modification of provided new directory name.examplefinalDirectoryChooserConfig config =DirectoryChooserConfig.builder()
. newDirectoryName("DialogSample")
. allowNewDirectoryNameModification(true)
. allowReadOnlyDirectory(true)
. initialDirectory("/sdcard")
. build();
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Releasing
Preparation
To release a new snapshot on Maven Central, add your credentials to ~/.gradle/gradle.properties (you get them from http://oss.sonatype.org ) as well as your signing GPG key :signing.keyId=0x18EEA4AF
signing.secretKeyRingFile=/home/pascal/.gnupg/secring.gpg
NEXUS_USERNAME=username
NEXUS_PASSWORD=password
Staging
To upload a new snapshot, just run gradle's uploadArchives command :gradle :library:uploadArchives
Release
Update versions and remove -SNAPSHOT suffixes.gradle build :library:uploadArchives
LicenseCopyright 2013-2016 Pascal Hartig
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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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Thanks
Sample App icon by Frank Souza.