Changing file name causing exceptions

Question

I am changing the string constant of a file name from InternalString to Location. This is causing the following errors:

12-01 12:58:47.555: W/System.err(6405): java.io.FileNotFoundException: /data/data/com.example.app3/files/Location: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)

code causing error:

String FILENAME = "Location";

try {
    InputStream fis = openFileInput(FILENAME);
    byte[] dataArray = new byte[fis.available()];
    while (fis.read(dataArray) != -1)
    {
        String text = new String(dataArray);
        tvCoordinates = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvcoordinates);
        tvCoordinates.setText(text);
    }

} catch (IOException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e.printStackTrace();
}

I have arranged it excuse me as I was testing with several strings — Daniel Camilleri, Dec 01 '14 at 18:13
no I did not add any file. Is it possible that it creates it automatically or it is overwriting some file that already exists? — Daniel Camilleri, Dec 01 '14 at 18:17
what would you expect to read from a file that does not exist? — njzk2, Dec 01 '14 at 18:25

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 01 '14 at 18:10

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java.io.FileNotFoundException: /data/data/com.example.app3/files/InternalLocation

For one thing, InternalLocation != Location.

For another...does the file exist in this location already?

answered Dec 01 '14 at 18:10

JstnPwll

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location does not exist. This said I did not create InternalString neither. Is it created automatically? – Daniel Camilleri Dec 01 '14 at 18:11
Not by trying to read it, only if you are writing to it. If you attempt to read a missing file you will get a FileNotFoundException. – JstnPwll Dec 01 '14 at 18:17

Changing file name causing exceptions

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