Delete file from internal storage

I'm trying to delete images stored in internal storage. I've come up with this so far:

File dir = getFilesDir();
File file = new File(dir, id+".jpg");
boolean deleted = file.delete();

And this is from another question, which was answered with:

File dir = getFilesDir();
File file = new File(dir, "my_filename");
boolean deleted = file.delete();

My example always returns false. I can see the file fx 2930.jpg in DDMS in eclipse.


The getFilesDir() somehow didn't work. Using a method, which returns the entire path and filename gave the desired result. Here is the code:

File file = new File(inputHandle.getImgPath(id));
boolean deleted = file.delete();

Have you tried Context.deleteFile() ?


Java

File file = new File(photoPath);
file.delete();

MediaScannerConnection.scanFile(context,
                new String[]{file.toString()},
                new String[]{file.getName()},null);

Kotlin

val file = File(photoPath) 
file.delete()

MediaScannerConnection.scanFile(context, arrayOf(file.toString()),
      arrayOf(file.getName()), null)