Android Question How to alter last modified date of an external file

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Yaron_hadas

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How to copy file without changing last modified date?
  • so there is no way to alter last modified date of an external file?? or at least copy a file to the external card with all its original attributes?????? How come?
  • I'll appreciate a solution to this relatively simple challenge
 
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Erel

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File.Copy without changing the time ?

File explorer copies files without changing their "last modified" property, File.Copy does change it. Is there a way to copy a file without modifying its "last modified" property ? I've found this link showing how you can set this property in java...
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Note that the file system doesn't always support it.
 
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Yaron_hadas

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Thank you, it worked.
The dealing with the external sd card is cumbersome though and its pity there is no full "easy to use" class (or library) for it
 
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Yaron_hadas

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The external storage class forces the user to pick a file through files interface. One can not just pick it by its path .
There is no routine which converts in a straightforward manner a regular file to an "external file"
There is no direct way to copy a "regular file" from the device (un protected) internal memory to the sdcard with all its original attributes ... and more
 
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Erel

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B4X libraries never make things more complicated than they need to be.
It is the OS that requires these steps when working with external storages: https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/documentfile/provider/DocumentFile
 
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