Android: How to get a file's creation date?

Question

This is my code:

File TempFiles = new File(Tempfilepath);
if (TempFiles.exists()) {
    String[] child = TempFiles.list();
    for (int i = 0; i < child.l         


        

Answer 1

Having backward compatibility in mind I would rather use the following:

fun getLastModifiedTimeInMillis(file: File): Long? {
    return try {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
            getLastModifiedTimeFromBasicFileAttrs(file)
        } else {
            file.lastModified()
        }
    } catch (x: Exception) {
        x.printStackTrace()
        null
    }
}

@RequiresApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.O)
private fun getLastModifiedTimeFromBasicFileAttrs(file: File): Long {
    val basicFileAttributes = Files.readAttributes(
        file.toPath(),
        BasicFileAttributes::class.java
    )
    return basicFileAttributes.creationTime().toMillis()
}

alternatively, if you are dealing with jpg, jpegs you can use ExifInterface