CODEWITHSUNDEEP
androidfilesystemwatcher
ytw
ytw

Reputation: 1355

Using android.os.FileObserver to watch "\data" directory not working

I set up a test program to learn more about FileObserver in android SDK (2.2). It seems to work fine when FileObserver is set up to watch "/mnt/sdcard". The onEvent() function gets called when some file system changes occur inside "/mnt/sdcard". However, if I change FileObserver to watch "/data", the onEvent() function no longer gets called even when I make file system changes in "/data".

Thanks in advance for any comments or answers.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3239

Answers (1)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1006859

You do not have read access to the whole of /data, so I am not surprised that FileObserver does not work for it.

Try using FileObserver with a more narrow scope (e.g., your own getFilesDir()) to which you have read access.

Upvotes: 4

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