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Access Android Paths from Codename one?

I am trying to make a snippet of code that I can open file returned from native code , but if I use
FileSystemStorage.getInstance().exists(file)
it always returns false even though that I just returned the path from the native code
my code returned the path like this :
String path = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DCIM).getAbsolutePath() +"/"+param+System.currentTimeMillis()+".png";
if you check you can find it in the gallery , but when returned to codename one it doesn't see the file
any suggestions
---------------- Update :
I am call the native like this but it seems it doesn't wait for the call to finish
final StatusClass imagePath = new StatusClass();
Display.getInstance().invokeAndBlock(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
Log.p("hello native");
imagePath.setStatusMsg(AccessNativeCamera.capturePhoto("Test"));
Log.p("goodbye native");
Log.p("imagePath "+imagePath);
}
});
if(FileSystemStorage.getInstance().exists("file://" + imagePath.getStatusMsg())){
Dialog.show("Check ","File exists", null, null);
}
Regards,

This should work:
FileSystemStorage.getInstance().exists("file://" + file)
Paths in Codename One are always absolute and should use URL notation.

ARCore 1.2 Unity Create AugmentedImageDatabase on the fly

I am trying to dynamically create an image database using arcores new image tracking feature.
Currently I have a server serving me image locations which I download to the persistent data path of my device. I use these images to then create new database entries like below:
Public Variables:
public AugmentedImageDatabase newBD;
public AugmentedImageDatabaseEntry newEntry;
Here I do regex matching to get the images from the datapath and convert them to texture2D's in order to populate the AugmentedImageDatabaseEntry values.
Regex r1 = new Regex(#"https?://s3-([^.]+).amazonaws.com/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/(.*)");
// Match the input for file name
Match match = r1.Match(input);
if (match.Success)
{
string v = match.Groups[4].Value;
RegexMatch = v;
Texture2D laodedTexture = LoadTextureToFile(v);
laodedTexture.EncodeToPNG();
AugmentedImageDatabaseEntry newEntry = new AugmentedImageDatabaseEntry(v, laodedTexture, Application.persistentDataPath + "/" + v);
newEntry.Name = v;
newEntry.Texture = laodedTexture;
newEntry.TextureGUID = Application.persistentDataPath + "/" + v;
Debug.Log(newEntry.Name);
Debug.Log(newEntry.Texture);
Debug.Log(newEntry.TextureGUID);
newBD.Add(newEntry);
}
To get this to work on android I had to modify the source of ARCore's unity implementation a little so that the database.Add() function would work outside of the editor.
All of this seems to work seamlessly as I don't get any errors yet.
Once I change scenes to the ARCore scene I instantiate an ARCore Camera and create a new sessionconfig which holds a reference to the database populated above.
Here is that code:
public class NewConfigSetup : MonoBehaviour {
public GameObject downloadManager;
public GameObject arcoreDevice;
// Use this for initialization
void Start () {
downloadManager = GameObject.Find("DownlaodManager");
TestModelGenerator generator = downloadManager.GetComponent<TestModelGenerator>();
GoogleARCore.ARCoreSessionConfig newconfig = new GoogleARCore.ARCoreSessionConfig();
GoogleARCore.ARCoreSessionConfig config = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<GoogleARCore.ARCoreSessionConfig>();
config.AugmentedImageDatabase = generator.newBD;
Debug.Log("transfered db size --------------- " + config.AugmentedImageDatabase.Count);
arcoreDevice.GetComponent<GoogleARCore.ARCoreSession>().SessionConfig = config;
Instantiate(arcoreDevice,new Vector3(0,0,0), Quaternion.identity);
}
}
When I run in the editor, I dont get errors untill I view the database in the editor, thats when I get this error:
ERROR: flag '--input_image_path' is missing its argument; flag
description: Path of image to be evaluated. Currently only supports
*.png, *.jpg and *.jpeg.
When I debug and look in the memory of the AugmentedImageDatabase. Everything seems to be there and working fine. Also once I build for android I get no errors whatsoever, as well as when I use 'adb logcat -s Unity' in the command line, no exceptions are thrown.
Could this be a limitation with the new ARCore feature? Are the AugmentedImageDatabases not allowing for dynamic creation on android? If so than why are there built in functions for creating them?
I understand the features are brand new and there is not much documentation anywhere so any help would be greatly appreciated.

I posted an Issue on ARCore's Github page, and got a response that the feature you're talking about isn't yet exposed in the Unity API :
https://github.com/google-ar/arcore-unity-sdk/issues/256

Copy image to resources Xamarin

I have a Xamarin Forms project in which I need the user to be able to "load" an image. I can already press a button and search for a file using FilePicker like this:
async void OnUpload(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
FileData filedata = await CrossFilePicker.Current.PickFile();
// the dataarray of the file will be found in filedata.DataArray
// file name will be found in filedata.FileName;
//etc etc.
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
}
}
What I would need now is to copy that "filedata" (the image) to the resource folder of the project in order to access to the file easily. I have tried:
await CrossFilePicker.Current.SaveFile(filedata.FileName);
but it doesn't save any file into the project folder.
Moreover, I only need it to work on UWP and Android.

The SaveFile method saves it in a very specific folder.
If you want to save it somewhere of your choosing you have to implement it with the DependencyService. IO operations are very specific to the OS, so are the filepaths. I will give you a simple example for you to build on.
Start with defining an interface in your shared code, like so:
public interface IFileManager
{
void SaveFile(Stream stream);
}
Of course, it can have other methods as well, or extra parameters if you would like to specify things like filename, that is up to you. You would also probably like some kind of return value to know what happened.
Now, per platform implement this interface. For example for Android, it could look like this:
[assembly: Xamarin.Forms.Dependency (typeof (FileManager_Android))]
public class FileManager_Android : IFileManager
{
public void SaveFile(Stream stream)
{
var dir = Android.OS.Environment.GetExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Android.OS.Environment.DirectoryDcim);
        string filename = System.DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmssfff") + ".jpg";
string filePath = System.IO.Path.Combine(dir, name);
try
        {
         System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(filePath, imageData);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
System.Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
}
(Saving code inspired by this link)
This will take the stream and save it to a path of your choosing.
For UWP you will need to implement it as well, which is quite similar, except for the implementation of SaveFile. As far as I know there is no plugin yet which makes this easier for you. There is PCLStorage, but this plugin only seems to work with text files. You could still look into it for inspiration though.

WWW.LoadFromCacheOrDownload is not working in augmented reality app on android phone using unity

I am trying to build an augmented reality app and in that app i want some prefabs to load dynamically. So that with some 3d model prefabs on unity store i created myasset.unity3d . I am using WWW.LoadFromCacheOrDownload to download that unity3d file and using it.
When i am debugging in my laptop the file is downloading and i am using it as i want but when i add build in and try it on android phone download is not happening.
The code i am using to download is
IEnumerator DownloadAndCache() {
while (!Caching.ready)
yield return null;
string bundleURL = "http://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/cf-export/sofa.unity3d";
www = WWW.LoadFromCacheOrDownload (bundleURL, 1);
yield return www;
Debug.Log (www.assetBundle);
AssetBundle bundle = www.assetBundle;
}
So please help me .
i also tried other way of doing it but still i did not succeed
IEnumerator Start () {
WWW www = WWW.LoadFromCacheOrDownload (BundleURL, 1);
yield return www;
AssetBundle bundle = www.assetBundle;
AssetBundleRequest request = bundle.LoadAssetAsync (AssetName, typeof(GameObject));
yield return request;
GameObject obj = request.asset as GameObject;
Instantiate (obj);
bundle.Unload(false);
www.Dispose();
}
The above two methods are working in when testing in unity IDE but if i build using android and install it in android device its not working. I gave internet access to app while building
I printed the error using a text in mobile and please check the screen shot attached below
the first error text is www (variable for downloading) and second is www.error ( actual error). i did not get what that error meant. So please help me

the issue is asset bundle version is not sync with app version. So while making asset bundle i added small code which made my code working. To make Asset bundle my code is
using UnityEditor;
public class CreateAssetBundles
{
[MenuItem ("Assets/Build AssetBundles")]
static void BuildAllAssetBundles ()
{
BuildPipeline.BuildAssetBundles ("Assets/AssetBundles", BuildAssetBundleOptions.None, BuildTarget.Android);
}
}

To use AssetBuundle for Mobile platform:
While creating AssetBundle it must be platform specific. For Android use following Script to create AssetBundle. put it inside "Editor"
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using UnityEditor;
public class ExportAssetBundles : Editor {
[MenuItem("Assets/Build AssetBundle")]
static void ExportResource()
{
string path = "Assets/AssetBundle/myAssetBundle.unity3d";
Object[] selection = Selection.GetFiltered(typeof(Object), SelectionMode.DeepAssets);
BuildPipeline.BuildAssetBundle(Selection.activeObject, selection, path,
BuildAssetBundleOptions.CollectDependencies
| BuildAssetBundleOptions.CompleteAssets,BuildTarget.Android);
}
}
Then Create folder "AssetBundle" inside Asset
When you create Assetbundle the AssetBundle.unity3d file will store inside this folder
Now you need to use Created Assetbundle at runtime. For this,
Write a script AssetBundleAugmenter
public class AssetBundleAugmenter : MonoBehaviour {
public string AssetName;
public int Version;
private GameObject mBundleInstance = null;
private bool mAttached = false;
void Start() {
StartCoroutine(DownloadAndCache());
}
// Update is called once per frame
IEnumerator DownloadAndCache() {
while(!Caching.ready)
yield return null;
//you can use remote URL like: www.arprabhu.com/assetBundle OR Local URL
// example URL of file on PC filesystem (Windows)
// string bundleURL = "file:///D:/Unity/AssetBundles/MyAssetBundle.unity3d";
// example URL of file on Android device SD-card
string bundleURL = System.IO.File.ReadAllText("/mnt/sdcard/filepath.txt");
Debug.Log ("Asset Loaded");
using (WWW www = WWW .LoadFromCacheOrDownload(bundleURL, Version)) {
yield return www;
if (www .error != null)
throw new UnityException("WWW Download had an error: " + www .error);
AssetBundle bundle = www .assetBundle;
if (AssetName == "")
Instantiate(bundle.mainAsset);
else
Instantiate(bundle.LoadAsset(AssetName));
// Unload the AssetBundles compressed contents to conserve memory
bundle.Unload(false);
}
}}
Attach this Script to Empty GameObject in your Scene
Congrats!, you are ready to go.

Try checking your androidManifest.xml for the permission to connect to external servers.
Then, if everything seems alright and still doesn't work, my advice is to download the Device Console plugin for the Unity Editor, which is a really nice way to access the internal Android Debugger.
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/44935
Or if you're truly brave: use logcat within the terminal...

Can't read lines from file by using StreamReader on Unity3d (Android)

I need to read a text stream by using StreamReader from file on android platform. File is about 100k lines, so even editor is getting stuck if i try to load it all to TextAsset or if i use WWW.
I simply need to read that file line by line without loading it all to a string. Then i'll do a tree generation from the lines that i got from the file. (But probably that part doesn't matter, i just need help on file reading part.)
I'm giving the code that i wrote down below. It works perfectly on editor, but fails on android.
I would be glad if anyone tell me, what am i missing.
(ps. english is not my native and this is my first question on the site. so sorry for the any mistakes that i may have done.)
private bool Load(string fileName)
{
try
{
string line;
string path = Application.streamingAssetsPath +"/";
StreamReader theReader = new StreamReader(path + fileName +".txt", Encoding.UTF8);
using (theReader)
{
{
line = theReader.ReadLine();
linesRead++;
if (line != null)
{
tree.AddWord(line);
}
}
while (line != null);
theReader.Close();
return true;
}
}
catch (IOException e)
{
Debug.Log("{0}\n" + e.Message);
exception = e.Message;
return false;
}
}

You can't use Application.streamingAssetsPath as a path on Android because streaming assets are stored within the JAR file with the application.
From http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/StreamingAssets.html:
Note that on Android, the files are contained within a compressed .jar
file (which is essentially the same format as standard zip-compressed
files). This means that if you do not use Unity’s WWW class to
retrieve the file then you will need to use additional software to see
inside the .jar archive and obtain the file.
Use WWW like this in a coroutine:
WWW data = new WWW(Application.streamingAssetsPath + "/" + fileName);
yield return data;
if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(data.error))
{
content = data.text;
}
Or, if you really want to keep it simple (and your file is only a few 100k, stick it in a resource folder:
TextAsset txt = (TextAsset)Resources.Load(fileName, typeof(TextAsset));
string content = txt.text;