feature to delete songs from external storage

[Su-desh]

below is the code for deleting a song , but this works only for internal storage and does not delete song from external storage .

File file = File(widget.singleTrack!.data);
try {
  file.delete();
  if (await file.exists()) {
    print('Song not deleted');
  } else {
    widget.allSongs!.remove(widget.singleTrack);
  }
} catch (e) {
  print('$e');
}

deleting a song from external storage require many permissions from user , it is very complex , adding a function which will handle the permission of asking the user to delete external files (songs) , will be a great . After taking the necessary permission that function should delete the song .

can you add this in future update of the plugin ???

[LucJosin]

can you add this in future update of the plugin ???

I'll see what i can do, Android has very complex permission system and now, more limited. On the other hand, IOS has a limitation for everything. Probably this feature will be only for Android and Web.

[Dr-Usman]

Hi. I'm trying to delete song file also but it is unable to delete and throws an exception of permission denied but permissions are already granted using permission_handler and required storage permissions are added in AndroidManifest.xml as well. I have also checked file exist before delete which return true. Would you plz help me to solve this.

Error on file.delete() line.

Unhandled Exception: FileSystemException: Deletion failed, path = '/storage/0E15-2E06/Music/Call Sound Effect.mp3' (OS Error: Permission denied, errno = 13)

Code snippet:

         if (await Permission.storage.request().isGranted) {
            // Either the permission was already granted before or the user just granted it.
            // permission was granted
            if (song != null) {
              String? path = song.data;
              File file = File(path);
              bool isExist = await file.exists();
              if (isExist) {
                await file.delete(recursive: true);
              }
            }
          }