Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (C) 2012 Hyperionics Technology LLC <http://www.hyperionics.com> * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import android.app.Application; import java.io.*; import java.lang.reflect.Method; import java.util.ArrayList; public class Main { private static Application myApp = getApp(); private static ArrayList<File> myTempFiles = new ArrayList<File>(); public static File getTempFile(String tmpName) { // getExternalCacheDir() returns something like /mnt/sdcard/Android/data/[package_name]/cache/ File file = new File(getApp().getApplicationContext().getExternalCacheDir(), tmpName); myTempFiles.add(file); return file; } public static File getTempFile() { return getTempFile("temp", ".tmp"); } public static File getTempFile(String prefix, String suffix) { File file = null; try { file = File.createTempFile(prefix, suffix, getApp().getApplicationContext().getExternalCacheDir()); myTempFiles.add(file); } catch (Exception e) { } return file; } public static Application getApp() { if (myApp == null) { try { final Class<?> activityThreadClass = Class.forName("android.app.ActivityThread"); final Method method = activityThreadClass.getMethod("currentApplication"); myApp = (Application) method.invoke(null, (Object[]) null); } catch (Exception e) { // handle exception } } // below gives me /mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.hyperionics.pdfxTest/cache/tmpPdfx // File file = new File(app.getApplicationContext().getExternalCacheDir(), "tmpPdfx"); return myApp; } }