iOS Question Rename a folder

Alessandra Pellegri

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In B4A I use your example code to change a folder name:
B4X:
Sub RenameFolder(Parent As String, CurrentFolder As String, NewFolder)
  Dim p As Phone
  Dim args(2) As String
  args(0) = File.Combine(Parent, CurrentFolder)
  args(1) = File.Combine(Parent, NewFolder)
  p.Shell("mv", args, Null, Null)
End Sub

But in B4I it doen't work, how could I do ?

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Erel

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Here:
B4X:
Private Sub Application_Start (Nav As NavigationController)
   NavControl = Nav
   Page1.Initialize("Page1")
   NavControl.ShowPage(Page1)
   Page1.RootPanel.LoadLayout("1")
   File.WriteString(File.DirDocuments, "1.txt", "Sdfsdf")
   Dim no As NativeObject = Me
   Log(no.RunMethod("renameFile::", Array (File.Combine(File.DirDocuments, "1.txt"), _
     File.Combine(File.DirDocuments, "111.txt"))).AsBoolean)
   Log(File.ListFiles(File.DirDocuments))
End Sub

#if objc
- (BOOL)renameFile: (NSString*)source :(NSString*)target {
   return [[NSFileManager defaultManager] moveItemAtPath:source toPath:target error:nil];
}
#end if
 
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Alessandra Pellegri

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I see in the example you typed 1.txt and 111.txt but does it work for directories also ?
If so, on the footprint of the B4A example I could write:
B4X:
Sub RenameFolder(Parent As String, CurrentFolder As String, NewFolder)
   Dim args(2) As String
   args(0) = File.Combine(Parent, CurrentFolder)
   args(1) = File.Combine(Parent, NewFolder)
   Dim no As NativeObject = Me
   no.RunMethod("renameFile::", Array( args(0), args(1))).AsBoolean
   Return
End Sub

#if objc
- (BOOL)renameFile: (NSString*)source :(NSString*)target {
return [[NSFileManager defaultManager] moveItemAtPath:source toPath:target error:nil];
}#end if

Is it right ?
 
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