I am developing an android application that can upload images one by one of a specific folder to the server from background without interrupting the UI. What I implemented is a intentService calls from the launcher activity with the runtime permissions to read the READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE. I need to upload all the files in the folder and also need to upload new file that are created or moved to the folder. For that I created a file observer class, which I think is not working properly.
public class DirectoryFileObserver extends FileObserver {
String aboslutePath = "";
public DirectoryFileObserver(String path) {
super(path, FileObserver.ALL_EVENTS);
aboslutePath = path;
Log.i("watch path", path);
}
@Override
public void onEvent(int event, String path) {
Log.i("FileObserver++", "File Created:" + path);
File file = new File(aboslutePath + "/" + path);
List<Skeem> mSkeemList = Skeem.find(Skeem.class, "file = ?", new String[]{file.getAbsolutePath()});
if (mSkeemList.size() == 0) {
Skeem mSkeem = new Skeem();
mSkeem.setUsername(AppConstants.UserEmail);
mSkeem.setFolderName(aboslutePath);
mSkeem.setFile(file.getAbsolutePath());
uploadService uploadService = new uploadService();
uploadService.upload(mSkeem);
}
switch (event) {
case FileObserver.ALL_EVENTS:
Log.d("All", "Path" + path);
break;
case FileObserver.CREATE:
Log.d("Create", "Path" + path);
break;
}
}
}
Also created a broad cast receiver as follows to resume file upload when the net connection is retained
public class InternetConnector_Receiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
public InternetConnector_Receiver() {
}
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
try {
boolean isVisible = BaseApplication
.isActivityVisible();// Check if
// activity
// is
// visible
// or not
Log.i("Activity is Visible ", "Is activity visible : " + isVisible);
// If it is visible then trigger the task else do nothing
if (isVisible == true) {
ConnectivityManager connectivityManager = (ConnectivityManager) context
.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
NetworkInfo networkInfo = connectivityManager
.getActiveNetworkInfo();
// Check internet connection and accrding to state change the
// text of activity by calling method
if (networkInfo != null && networkInfo.isConnected()) {
Intent serviceIntent = new Intent(context, uploadService.class);
context.startService(serviceIntent);
} else {
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
and in manifest
<receiver
android:name=".InternetConnector_Receiver"
android:enabled="true">
<intent-filter>
<!-- Intent filters for broadcast receiver -->
<action android:name="android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE"/>
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
I add all the files to the database with a status false.
File[] files = directory.listFiles();
for (int n = 0; n < skeemList.size(); n++) {
Skeem skeem = skeemList.get(n);
for (int o = 0; o < files.length; o++) {
if (!(skeem.getFile().equalsIgnoreCase(files[o].getAbsolutePath()))) {
if (!files[o].isDirectory()) {
Skeem mSkeem = new Skeem();
mSkeem.setFile(files[o].getAbsolutePath());
mSkeem.setFolderName(directory.getName());
mSkeem.setUsername(email);
upload(mSkeem);
}
}
}
}
Then I starts uploading the files with status false and update table with status true. When I launch the application, the image upload starts successfully. But after some time it stops. Am I using correct Service to upload files from background? Is there any way to upload the contents of the folder? I have gone through so many sites and links. But I couldn't find the exact solution I needed. Please help me.
