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Java recursive delete dir
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
public static boolean deleteDir(File dir) {
if (dir.isDirectory()) {
String[] children = dir.list();
for (int i=0; i<children.length; i++) {
boolean success = deleteDir(new File(dir, children[i]));
if (!success) {
return false;
}
}
}
// The directory is now empty so delete it
return dir.delete();
}
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