cordova.file.* (all directories) are null - android

I'm working on Ionic mobile app development.
My requirement is to create client side logger to track issues in app. I used the methods mentioned in https://github.com/pbakondy/filelogger, and I could able to create the log file in both Android and iOS.
For the first time when I open the app, it creates the log file in cordova.file.dataDirectory, when I close and reopen the app in i*OS, I'm trying to read the content of the file which was created using the below
$fileLogger.getLogfile().then(function (loggerContent) {
var temp =loggerContent;
});
But the application says
{
"applicationDirectory":null,
"applicationStorageDirectory":null,
"dataDirectory":null,
"cacheDirectory":null,
"externalApplicationStorageDirectory":null,
"externalDataDirectory":null,
"externalCacheDirectory":null,
"externalRootDirectory":null,
"tempDirectory":null,
"syncedDataDirectory":null,
"documentsDirectory":null,
"sharedDirectory":null
}
So I couldn't able to find the file where i saved my logs.
Please help me resolve this issue or if you could recommend me a different method to get around this issue, that would be great!
Thanks for the answers

There is a check list here and should solve your problem :
1-Be sure that the cordova-file-plugin is installed and works in your test environment.
2-Be sure that the cordova.js file is refrenced by your html and before your code usage.
3-Be sure to call your codes after device_ready state :
check this
4-Call your function after a short delay (use setTimeOut in Javascirpt)

Ali's item 4 is very important:
I had a similiar problem on different platforms: cordova.file.dataDirectory was null.
I tracked cordova.file.dataDirectory over the lifecycle and it was first accessed by my Ionic 2 code BEFORE the device ready event was fired.
My "mistake": I wanted to load data during the constructor(!) of a service. Seems too early.

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Protractor locators does not work in PageObjectModel structure

Framework: Appium + Protractor + Cucumber + Typescript using POM model
I have the protractor framework for appium designed in POM structure
The initial page of the app will identify the locators calling in a different ts file and the functions such as tap, isDisplayed calling it in a different ts file.
But once it passes the initial pages in the app,say 3 pages. the locators are not identified which are calling other function, but they are identified when they are passed directly ( like driver.findelements(by.css('')).click ) this works.
The problem is I can't pass this code like this within the step definition .ts file always as it is not a good structure
Note: By the way, this script was working fine earlier.
tried to test using a different workaround, like building the binary again, trying to run on android and ios application, downgrading or upgrading the node packages. But nothing solved the problem. has anyone faced this kind of issue. Any suggestions or solutions for this problem, please?
Code which works: (Passing the locators directly in the function, rather than from the onboarding.ts file will work)
Then(/^VIC should be selected from the state or territory drop down$/, async () => {
await browser.driver.findElement(by.css('button[sp-automation-id=\'select-state-toggle\']')).click();
await browser.driver.findElement(by.css('page-action-sheet label[sp-automation-id=\'action-sheet-option-VIC\']')).click(); });
Code which does not work: (Onboarding.ts file contains the locators defined for State and VIC same as the above code block. But reading from there it does not work.)
Then(/^VIC should be selected from the state or territory drop down$/, async () => {
await AutomationAction.tap(Onboarding.State);
await AutomationAction.tap(Onboarding.VIC); });
Code which works (The below code is called before the above code block, it's a page before calling the above pages)
Then(/^I enter the mobile number and tap next button on the your mobile number screen$/, async () => {
MobileNo = AutomationAction.getMobileNumber("mobileNumber");
SameMobileNo = MobileNo;
await AutomationAction.sendKeyText(Onboarding.InputMobileNo,MobileNo);
await AutomationAction.tap(Onboarding.Next_BTN_YourMobileNumber);
});
Because of the page where it is failing the automation thinks its as non-angular page and the locators used to fail or not locate them when calling it in a different function. When I introduced browser.ignoreSycnhronization=true to make Angular sync for non-angular apps/pages it worked.

Stuck solution for my cordovaFile / cordovaFileTransfer trial, still Error

Anybody success to use the plugin cordovaFile & cordovaFileTransfer?
I have failed to understand and failed miserably execution. Case wants to make the upload and download controller. Each tested via the browser, it always appears File / FileTransfer is not defined in Firebug. When I made to console.log as:
console.log($cordovaFile); or
console.log($cordovaFileTransfer); or
console.log($cordovaFileTransfer.download); or
console.log($cordovaFileTransfer.upload);
Its return true, form of the {object}.
But when I call their methods included parameters, for example:
$cordovaFileTransfer.download (urlServer, fileTarget, {}, true);
Direct emerge error: FileTransfer is not defined.
I tried to move the download function to the Service, and then Controller call the function (the umpteenth time search results on google). The result is just the same, the above error.
Because there are user in some forum said should / could only be tested through the device, finally I try to upload ionic.io & I sync via APL ionic view on my Smartphone. But the result is NOTHING.
I tried to improvise a little, try method checkDir / checkFile as follows:
.controller('PhotoCtrl', function($scope, $cordovaFile) {
$scope.downpic = function(){
$cordovaFile.checkDir("/sdcard/storage/emulated/0/").then(function(result){
alert("wow");
}, function(err){
alert("eror");
});
}
})
It turns out alerts that appear "error", I try mutually value directory is as follows:
file///sdcard/storage/emulated/0/
file///storage/emulated/0/
/storage/emulated/0/
Just the same error alerts, the chain problem. My question :
What is the application of ionic cordova can access the internal
storage? (I only have the Mobile Internal Storage, without External
Storage);
I was looking for information about AndroidManifest.xml
uses-permission, the permission is only for external storage. Are
there any other analysis?
Please help, really newbie
Finally, I just got the clear solution from the link below :
https://www.thepolyglotdeveloper.com/2014/09/manage-files-in-android-and-ios-using-ionicframework/

C++ Builder WSDL client for Android

I'm having a confusing problem. I'm trying to make a Web cleint that uses WSDL.
I'm using C++ RAD Studio 10 Seattle, but the same problem occured in RAD Studio XE8(older version).
1.I create a Multi-Device Application, add one Edit component and one Button.
2.I create a WSDL Importer by changing the location of the WSDL file to : "http://www.w3schools.com/webservices/tempconvert.asmx?WSDL" and leave all other setting to default.
3.On ButtonClick event of the button I write two lines of code :
_di_TempConvertSoap Converter = GetTempConvertSoap(true,
"http://www.w3schools.com/webservices/tempconvert.asmx?WSDL");
Edit1->Text = Converter->CelsiusToFahrenheit("32");
So after these three steps I have one unit, which is the main Unit with the Form and with the button event. And one file "tempconvert.cpp" that the WSDL Importer has generated. It quite actually just translates the WSDL code to a C++ one and defines the method to communicate with the server. In my case I have two methods : FahrenheitToCelsius() and CelsiusToFahrenheit(), in the example I use CelsiusToFahrenheit().
I compile it to 32-bit Windows platform, run it and when I click the button, the result "89.6" appears in the text of the Edit component. So this is working as expected.
But when I change the target platform to "Android" and use my mobile phone "Samsung GT-I8262" with Android 4.1.2 and run the project, it just stops and exits. I debugged the problem and it stops at the first command in "tempconvert.cpp" in RegTypes() method.
// ************************************************************************
//
// This routine registers the interfaces and types exposed by the WebService.
// ************************************************************************ //
static void RegTypes()
{
/* TempConvertSoap */
InvRegistry()->RegisterInterface(__delphirtti(TempConvertSoap), L"http://www.w3schools.com/webservices/", L"utf-8");
InvRegistry()->RegisterDefaultSOAPAction(__delphirtti(TempConvertSoap), L"http://www.w3schools.com/webservices/%operationName%");
InvRegistry()->RegisterInvokeOptions(__delphirtti(TempConvertSoap), ioDocument);
/* TempConvertSoap.FahrenheitToCelsius */
InvRegistry()->RegisterMethodInfo(__delphirtti(TempConvertSoap), "FahrenheitToCelsius", "",
"[ReturnName='FahrenheitToCelsiusResult']", IS_OPTN);
/* TempConvertSoap.CelsiusToFahrenheit */
InvRegistry()->RegisterMethodInfo(__delphirtti(TempConvertSoap), "CelsiusToFahrenheit", "",
"[ReturnName='CelsiusToFahrenheitResult']", IS_OPTN);
/* TempConvertHttpPost */
InvRegistry()->RegisterInterface(__delphirtti(TempConvertHttpPost), L"http://www.w3schools.com/webservices/", L"utf-8");
InvRegistry()->RegisterDefaultSOAPAction(__delphirtti(TempConvertHttpPost), L"");
}
#pragma startup RegTypes 32
Does someone have any idea why this might be happening? I tried on two other Samsung phones and it didn't work. The error that shuts the program down is "Segmentation fault(11)", and more precisely it stops at the following line of code in "System.pas" file :
u_strFromUTF8(PUChar(Dest), MaxDestChars, DestLen, MarshaledAString(Source), SourceBytes, ErrorConv);
Here is some info that I've found about the function:
u_strFromUTF8 - function that converts a UTF-8 string to UTF-16.
UCHAR is a Byte(in Delphi), so PUCHAR is a pointer to Byte.
I cannot se what could possibly go wrong with this function which apparently only converts a string.
So my question is why does the project work on Windows 32 bit version, but on Android it throws Segmentation fault(11)?
I hope I could find a solution for this problem. I will keep looking.
Thank you,
Zdravko Donev :)
UPDATE:
I disassembled the line:
InvRegistry()->RegisterInterface(__delphirtti(TempConvertSoap), L"http://www.w3schools.com/webservices/", L"utf-16");
to get :
TInvokableClassRegistry *Class = InvRegistry();
TTypeInfo *Info = __delphirtti(TempConvertSoap);
UnicodeString Namespace = "http://www.w3schools.com/webservices/";
UnicodeString WSDLEncoding = "utf-8";
Class->RegisterInterface(Info, Namespace, WSDLEncoding);
And I saw that the problem occurs when calling InvRegistry() function, but I still haven't found the problem as I cannot reach the source code of the function.
I found a solution.
I deleted the line
#pragma startup RegTypes 32
and called the method RegTypes() on my own when I create the form and it worked.

error with pymtp to work on python 3

I want to access a android device from python to download some photos.
libmtp works from the CLI.
Than pymtp. It's been around for a while but it's designed for python 2 and i'm using python 3. Meanwhile fixed several minor issues but i'm stuck at an error from function get_filelisting
specially this section:
ret = []
next = files
while next:
ret.append(next.contents)
if (next(next.contents) is None):
break
next = next(next.contents)
The error is related to the "next".
That section looks strange to me, i've been coding in python for a while but i'm new to ctypes. Tried a lot of variants, they all failed. The "next" could be confusing with python buildin function so i renamed it to nextpointer and came to this code:
ret = []
nextpointer = files
while nextpointer:
ret.append(nextpointer.contents)
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It seems to work but did it work by accident ? does it have any design flaws ? Could anyone with experience on python ctypes confirm this a solution ? Any suggestion welcome.
From python2.7 documentation
next(iterator[, default])
Retrieve the next item from the iterator by calling its next() method. If default is given, it is returned if the iterator is
exhausted, otherwise StopIteration is raised.
from python3 documentation
next(iterator[, default])
Retrieve the next item from the iterator by calling its __next__() method. If default is given, it is returned if the iterator is
exhausted, otherwise StopIteration is raised.
Notice that next() method was removed from python3 but the function still exists.
This is all I can say about the next function and .next()/__next__() methods.
I downloaded the pymtp module and get_filelisting() is slightly different from what you posted in your ported code, here it is:
ret = []
next = files
while next:
ret.append(next.contents)
if (next.contents.next == None):
break
next = next.contents.next
If none of this helped you (which probably didn't :D), the version of pymtp library that I am using is 0.0.6 download using pip.

Checking disk space on cordova iOS

I am trying to check disk space available in mobile using below code:
cordova.exec(function(result) {
var diskSizeInMB = result/1024;
alert(diskSizeInMB)
}, function(error) {
alert("Error: " + error);
}, "File", "getFreeDiskSpace", []);
In Android device it gives me correct result, whereas if I use iPhone/iPad it always returns me 0 as a output. Can anyone guide me how to resolve this issue? Or is there a way to check the disk size in iOS using cordova without writing custom plugin? To make this happen I haven't changed any configuration changes
It was a bug, but was fixed long time ago.
Old answer:
I confirm there is a bug on the code, the problem is getFreeDiskSpace is undocumented and cordova team want to remove the native code as getFreeDiskSpace isn't part of the w3c file API.
If you want to fix the bug for you app, go to CDVFile.m and change the line
NSNumber* pNumAvail = [self checkFreeDiskSpace:self.appDocsPath];
to
NSNumber* pNumAvail = [self checkFreeDiskSpace:self.rootDocsPath];
on the getFreeDiskSpace method

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