title: Android saving the audio files into internal storage
body: <p>Currently I  have created the audio-recording Android App. The file is saved at External Storage.</p>
  
  <p>What if I change the method to save as Internal Storage with the context of MODE_PRIVATE</p>
  
  <p>I have read the Android developers about saving files but I have no idea how to convert the file instance into the byte array to save the file and load the audio file</p>
  
  <p>the below is my code to save the audio file</p>
  
  <pre><code>public void onClick(View view) throws Exception {
      if (count == 0) {
  
          tbxRecordStatus.setText("Record");
          btnRecord.setText("Stop Record");
  
          Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Recording Starts",
                  Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
          dateInString = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss").format(
                  new Date()).toString();
          String fileName = "TVSSSSD_" + dateInString + " record.3gp";
  
          SDCardpath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
          myDataPath = new File(SDCardpath.getAbsolutePath()
                  + "/.My Recordings");
  
          // mydir = context.getDir("media", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
          if (!myDataPath.exists())
              myDataPath.mkdir();
  
  
          audiofile = new File(myDataPath + "/" + fileName);
  
          Log.d("path", myDataPath.getAbsolutePath());
          // File fileWithinMyDir = new File(mydir, fileName);
          // audiofile = fileWithinMyDir;
          // FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(fileWithinMyDir);
  
          recorder = new MediaRecorder();
          recorder.reset();
          recorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC);
          recorder.setOutputFormat(MediaRecorder.OutputFormat.THREE_GPP);
          recorder.setAudioEncoder(MediaRecorder.AudioEncoder.AMR_NB);
          recorder.setAudioEncodingBitRate(16);
          recorder.setAudioSamplingRate(44100);
  
          recorder.setOutputFile(audiofile.getAbsolutePath());
  
          recorder.prepare();
  
          recorder.start();
  
          count++;
  
      } else {
  
          tbxRecordStatus.setText("Stop");
          btnRecord.setText("Start Record");
          Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Recording Stops",
                  Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
          if (recorder != null) {
              recorder.stop();
              recorder.release();
  
              recorder = null;
  
          } else {
              tbxRecordStatus.setText("Warning!");
              Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Record First",
                      Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
          }
          count = 0;
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the below is my code to load the audio file</p>
  
  <pre><code>recordList = new ArrayList&lt;String&gt;();
      File directory = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
      file = new File(directory + "/My Recordings");
      File list[] = file.listFiles();
      for (int i = 0; i &lt; list.length; i++) {
          recordList.add(list[i].getName());
      }
  
      Collections.sort(recordList, Collections.reverseOrder());
  
      listview = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView);
      ArrayAdapter&lt;String&gt; adapter = new ArrayAdapter&lt;String&gt;(this,
              android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, android.R.id.text1,
              recordList);
  
  
      listview.setAdapter(adapter);
  
      listview.setTextFilterEnabled(true);
  
      listview.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
  
          @Override
          public void onItemClick(AdapterView&lt;?&gt; parent, View view, int position,
                  long arg3) {
              // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  
  
              String product = ((TextView) view).getText().toString();
              String fullPathAudio = file.getAbsolutePath() + "/" + product;
  
              File resultFile = new File(fullPathAudio);
  
              Intent intent = new Intent();
              intent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
              intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(resultFile), "audio/*");
              startActivity(intent);
          }
      });
  </code></pre>