android, How to rename a file?

Question

In my application, I need to record video. Before start of recording in I\'m assigning a name and directory to it. After recording is finished user has ability to rename his

Answer 1

Use this method to rename a file. The file from will be renamed to to.

private boolean rename(File from, File to) {
    return from.getParentFile().exists() && from.exists() && from.renameTo(to);
}

Example code:

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    private static final String TAG = "YOUR_TAG";

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        File currentFile = new File("/sdcard/currentFile.txt");
        File newFile = new File("/sdcard/newFile.txt");

        if (rename(currentFile, newFile)) {
            //Success
            Log.i(TAG, "Success");
        } else {
            //Fail
            Log.i(TAG, "Fail");
        }
    }

    private boolean rename(File from, File to) {
        return from.getParentFile().exists() && from.exists() && from.renameTo(to);
    }
}