You can query MediaStore for a directory size on internal storage. This is much faster than a recursive method getting the length of each file in a directory. You must have READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission granted.
Example:
java
/**
* Query the media store for a directory size
*
* @param context
* the application context
* @param file
* the directory on primary storage
* @return the size of the directory
*/
public static long getFolderSize(Context context, File file) {
File directory = readlink(file); // resolve symlinks to internal storage
String path = directory.getAbsolutePath();
Cursor cursor = null;
long size = 0;
try {
cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(MediaStore.Files.getContentUri("external"),
new String[]{MediaStore.MediaColumns.SIZE},
MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA + " LIKE ?",
new String[]{path + "/%"},
null);
if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
do {
size += cursor.getLong(0);
} while (cursor.moveToNext());
}
} finally {
if (cursor != null) {
cursor.close();
}
}
return size;
}
/**
* Canonicalize by following all symlinks. Same as "readlink -f file".
*
* @param file
* a {@link File}
* @return The absolute canonical file
*/
public static File readlink(File file) {
File f;
try {
f = file.getCanonicalFile();
} catch (IOException e) {
return file;
}
if (f.getAbsolutePath().equals(file.getAbsolutePath())) {
return f;
}
return readlink(f);
}
Usage:
java
File DCIM = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DCIM);
long directorySize = getFolderSize(context, DCIM);
String formattedSize = Formatter.formatFileSize(context, directorySize);
System.out.println(DCIM + " " + formattedSize);
Output:
/storage/emulated/0/DCIM 30.86 MB