File connection+j2me - java-me

Question

I want to make the application where I can get all the images no matter whether it is in phone or in external memory. I want to import all that images in my application. How can it be possible? I came to know that it is possible through file connection. But not getting exact idea.

Answer 1

Get all the file system roots using FileSystemRegistry.listRoots()
Open connection to each root in turn using FileConnection fconn = (FileConnection)Connector.open(root)
List the folder using fconn.list().
For each entry in the list, if it ends with an image extension (file.getName().endsWith(".png") etc), then it's an image.
If the entry is a folder (file.isDirectory() returns true) then use fconn.setFileConnection(folder) to traverse into that directory/
Do the same recursively for all folders in all roots.

Answer 2

Here is a code snippet I once used for my application. It more or less does the same in funkybros steps.
protected void showFiles() {
if (path == null) {
Enumeration e = FileSystemRegistry.listRoots();
path = DATAHEAD; //DATAHEAD = file:///
setTitle(path);
while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
String root = (String) e.nextElement();
append(root, null);
}
myForm.getDisplay().setCurrent(this);
} else {
//this if-else just sets the title of the Listing Form
if (selectedItem != null) {
setTitle(path + selectedItem);
}
else {
setTitle(path);
}
try {
// works when users opens a directory, creates a connection to that directory
if (selectedItem != null) {
fileConncetion = (FileConnection) Connector.open(path + selectedItem, Connector.READ);
} else // works when presses 'Back' to go one level above/up
{
fileConncetion = (FileConnection) Connector.open(path, Connector.READ);
}
// Check if the selected item is a directory
if (fileConncetion.isDirectory()) {
if (selectedItem != null) {
path = path + selectedItem;
selectedItem = null;
}
//gathers the directory elements
Enumeration files = fileConncetion.list();
while (files.hasMoreElements()) {
String file = (String) files.nextElement();
append(file, null);
}
//
myForm.getDisplay().setCurrent(this);
try {
if (fileConncetion != null) {
fileConncetion.close();
fileConncetion = null;
}
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}//if (fileConncetion.isDirectory())
else {
System.out.println(path);
//if it gets a file then calls the publishToServer() method
myForm.publishToServer();
}