How to delete an image from device in Android programmatically?

Question

I am creating an app that lets user select an image from gallery and store it in my DB. I am successful in doing that.

Now I want that selected image to be deleted from phone storage also. how do I do it then?

I might even want to restore it later in users gallery.

This is what I do to get image from gallery.

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, @Nullable Intent data) 
{
    switch (requestCode)
    {
        case 42:
            if (resultCode == RESULT_OK)
            {
                Uri uri = data.getData();
                InputStream inputStream = null;
                try
                {
                    inputStream = getBaseContext().getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri);
                    Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(inputStream);
                    int maxHeight = 1920;
                    int maxWidth = 1920;
                    float scale = Math.min(((float) maxHeight / bm.getWidth()), ((float) maxWidth / bm.getHeight()));
                    Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
                    matrix.postScale(scale, scale);
                    Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(bm, 0, 0, bm.getWidth(), bm.getHeight(), matrix, true);
                    saveImageToInternalStorage(bitmap, getFileName(uri));
                    bm.recycle();
                    bitmap.recycle();
                    finishActivity(42);
                }
                catch (FileNotFoundException e)
                {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
    }
}

This is the Uri path I'm getting

content://com.android.providers.media.documents/document/image%3A5857

my onActivityResult looks like this:

 @Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, @Nullable Intent data)
{
    switch (requestCode)
    {
        case 42:
            if (resultCode == RESULT_OK)
            {
                Uri uri = data.getData();
                InputStream inputStream = null;
                try
                {
                    inputStream = getBaseContext().getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri);
                    Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(inputStream);
                    int maxHeight = 1920;
                    int maxWidth = 1920;
                    float scale = Math.min(((float) maxHeight / bm.getWidth()), ((float) maxWidth / bm.getHeight()));
                    Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
                    matrix.postScale(scale, scale);
                    Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(bm, 0, 0, bm.getWidth(), bm.getHeight(), matrix, true);
                    saveImageToInternalStorage(bitmap, getFileName(uri));

                    bm.recycle();
                    bitmap.recycle();
                    finishActivity(42);
                }
                catch (FileNotFoundException e)
                {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
    }
}

Answer 1

try this

public static boolean delete(final Context context, final File file) {
      final String where = MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA + "=?";
       final String[] selectionArgs = new String[] {
            file.getAbsolutePath()
     };
   final ContentResolver contentResolver = context.getContentResolver();
   final Uri filesUri = MediaStore.Files.getContentUri("external");
   contentResolver.delete(filesUri, where, selectionArgs);

if (file.exists()) {

    contentResolver.delete(filesUri, where, selectionArgs);
}
return !file.exists();

}

Answer 2

Are you asking about this same question Delete image file from device programmatically Maybe you can get a solution from there.