Creating new file from assets folder, isDirectory() returns false

Question

When I call this :

File directory = new File("file:///android_asset/");

then this :

directory.isDirectory()

Always returns false .
Am I doing something wrong here ? (Sorry if it is a dumb question)

Edit: I store several images in the assets folder and I wanted to load them in my app (like an image gallery).

Answer 1

Call

directory.mkdirs();

after you created the File object

Edit: in your case try to change file url as below:

new File("/mnt/external_sd/");

or find the true path by looking it in eclipse File explorer.. do not start it with file://

Answer 2

May be you are searching for this:

String fullPath = "/data/data/" + this.getPackageName() + "/" + path;
            File dir = new File(fullPath);
            if (!dir.exists())
                dir.mkdir();