Develop Reference

Saving int values to SD and read them

I have succesfully saved int values to sd but cant read. It always gives numberformat information. I made all logics, but cant find why it gives error.
Here is my code ;
this my constant
private final static String EXTERNAL_FILES_DIR = "ARDROID";
private final static String FILE_NAME = "turkcell.txt";
private boolean isThereAnySavedFile = false;
when this method called, it tries to open file, if file does not exist, create the file
public void anySavedDataInSD() {
String textFromSD = String.valueOf(read());
if (isThereAnySavedFile) {
int numberOfSendedSMS = Integer.parseInt(textFromSD.toString());
numberOfSendedSMS++;
writeToSD(String.valueOf(numberOfSendedSMS));
} else {
int first=60;
String g = String.valueOf(first);
writeToSD(g);
}
}
this method for writing
private void write(File file, String msg) {
FileOutputStream outputStream = null;
try {
outputStream = new FileOutputStream(file);
outputStream.write(msg.getBytes());
Logger.info("oldu bu kez");
} catch (IOException e) {
Logger.info("oldu bu kez2" + e);
} finally {
Logger.info("oldu bu kez3");
try {
if (outputStream != null)
outputStream.close();
} catch (IOException exception) {
}
}
}
this methof for reading
public StringBuilder read() {
StringBuilder textBuilder = new StringBuilder();
BufferedReader reader = null;
try {
File externalFilesDir = getExternalFilesDir(EXTERNAL_FILES_DIR);
File file = new File(externalFilesDir, FILE_NAME);
Logger.info("oldu2");
reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
String line;
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
textBuilder.append(line);
textBuilder.append("\n");
}
isThereAnySavedFile = true;
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
Logger.info("oldu3");
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (reader != null) {
try {
reader.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
return textBuilder;
}

android how to read data using internal storage

public void loadprev()
{
String tempread;
try {
FileInputStream fis = openFileInput("data.gds");
try {
fis.read(tempread.getBytes());
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
try {
fis.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
my program crashes upon trying to execute fis.read(tempread.getBytes());
i want to read the first line in data.gds and put it into a string, how can i do this?
and no, im not going to use SharedPreferences

add a string buffer and then read from it everyline will be put in the Stringbuffer, then you can retrieve the line from that buffer.
StringBuffer fileContent = new StringBuffer("");
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
while ((n = fis.read(buffer)) != -1)
{
fileContent.append(new String(buffer, 0, n));
}
Also, if you are not catching exceptions properly, surround them in 1 try catch, but try to catch them in the future:
{
String tempread;
try {
FileInputStream fis = openFileInput("data.gds");
fis.read(tempread.getBytes());
fis.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
now your code is easier to read.

Does base64 decoding disable search in pdf files?

There is Arabic encoded pdf file that is received from a server via a web service in my Android application, then I decode it and save it to be cashed to open it anytime,this is the file I download_which also is encoded_ the problem is the file became not searchable anymore, this is the code I use to decode the file:
protected Void doInBackground(String... myLink) {
if (conDetector.isConnectingToInternet()) {
File myDir = getFilesDir();
String fileName = PDFCACHE;
File cachedFile = new File(myDir, fileName);
// to check if the cached file in the memory or not
if (cachedFile.exists()) {
try {
readPDFFile();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
} else if (!cachedFile.exists()) {
try {
URL url = new URL(myLink[0]);
URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();
urlConnection.connect();
file_size = urlConnection.getContentLength();
source = new BufferedInputStream(url.openStream(), 8192);
ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
buffer = new byte[1024];
long total = 0;
int count = 0;
// buffer=new
// Scanner(source).useDelimiter("\\A").next().getBytes();*/
// buffer = Base64.decode(buffer, 0);
for (int i; (i = source.read(buffer)) != -1;) {
total += i;
bos.write(buffer, 0, i); // no doubt here is 0
publishProgress(""
+ (int) ((total * 100) / file_size));
}
if (flag == false) {
bytes = bos.toByteArray();
bytes = Base64.decode(bytes, Base64.DEFAULT);
String decodedString = new String(bytes);
if (bytes != null) {
openBuffer(bytes);
if (manipulateCache())
try {
savePDFFile(bytes);
// source.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
} else {
core = openFile(decodedString);
}
}
} catch (MalformedURLException e1) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e1.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
// when there is no internet connection "offline mode"
} else if (!(conDetector.isConnectingToInternet())) {
if (!PDFCACHE.equals(null)) {
try {
readPDFFile();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
return null;
} }

The file you received is not searchable, the font objects contain ToUnicode maps claiming most of the glyphs used are numbers, symbols, or Latin characters which does not match their appearance as Arabic characters.
Thus, no standard PDF viewer can be used to search the files.

Android Sockets always timeout

I have this class which connects to a server through sockets, for some reason it is always timing out from here and I can't figure out why, I thought at first it had to do with it being with onCreate(), thats why doit() even exists. any help would be appreciated. here is my code...
public class Ads extends Activity {
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_ads);
doit();
};
public void doit(){
Socket socket = null;
FileOutputStream fos = null;
DataInputStream dis = null;
BufferedOutputStream buf = null;
DataOutputStream dos = null;
try {
socket = new Socket("192.168.1.106", 4447);
Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
String value = extras.getString("keyName");
dos = new DataOutputStream(
new BufferedOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream()));
dis = new DataInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(
socket.getInputStream()));
//dos.writeChars(value);
int numFiles = dis.readInt();
File sdCard = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
File dir = new File (sdCard.getAbsolutePath() +value);
dir.mkdirs();
if (dir.isDirectory()) {
String[] children = dir.list();
for (int i=0; i<children.length; i++) {
new File(dir, children[i]).delete();
}
}
int n = 0;
int fileLength = 0;
for (int i=0;i<numFiles;i++){
File file = new File(dir, String.valueOf(i)+".png");
Log.d("debug tag","created file "+file);
}
for (int i=0;i<numFiles;i++){
fileLength = dis.readInt();
byte[] temp = new byte[(int) fileLength];
String path = sdCard.getAbsolutePath()+value+"/"+i+".png";
buf = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(path));
while ((fileLength > 0) && (n = dis.read(temp, 0, (int) Math.min(temp.length, fileLength))) != -1) {
buf.write(temp,0,n);
buf.flush();
fileLength -= n;
}
//buf.close();
Log.d("debug tag","the file is "+temp.length+" bytes long");
}
// now read in text files
n = 0;
fileLength = 0;
for (int i=0;i<numFiles;i++){
File file = new File(dir, String.valueOf(i)+".txt");
Log.d("debug tag","created file "+file);
}
for (int i=0;i<numFiles;i++){
fileLength = dis.readInt();
byte[] temp = new byte[(int) fileLength];
String path = sdCard.getAbsolutePath()+value+"/"+i+".txt";
buf = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(path));
while ((fileLength > 0) && (n = dis.read(temp, 0, (int) Math.min(temp.length, fileLength))) != -1) {
buf.write(temp,0,n);
buf.flush();
fileLength -= n;
}
//buf.close();
Log.d("debug tag","the text file is "+temp.length+" bytes long");
}
generateListView(sdCard.getAbsoluteFile()+value+"/");
} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
finally{
if (socket != null){
try {
socket.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
if (fos != null){
try {
fos.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
if (dis != null){
try {
dis.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
if (dos != null){
try {
dos.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
;

I'm afraid the question lacks some important details (it timeouts when connecting, right?), but my blind guess is that your device is using cellular connection, while 192.168.1.106 is on your WiFi network - IPs in the 192.168.x.x pool are private IP addresses, and obviously you can't connect to any such IP address over Internet.
But there's another serious problem with your code - you're trying to make blocking I/O calls in onCreate() - which is executed in the main thread of the application. You should never do this (actually, as soon as you try it on Android 3.x or higher, you'll get NetworkOnMainThreadException). Network I/O should always happen in another thread, either explicitly, or perhaps using AsyncTask (which runs the background thread for you).
For a good introduction, see this post and Designing for Responsiveness guide.

Android FTPClient - retrieveFileStream() always returns null

I am a newbie to Android. I am trying download a file from ftp server to sdcard using Apache Commons FTPClient. The line InputStream input = client.retrieveFileStream("/" + fileName); always returns null. But the file is there in Ftp location. Kindly help me to know where the mistake is.
I have set the following permissions in my manifest; android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" and android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
My Code
private static void downLoad(){
FTPClient client = new FTPClient();
FileOutputStream fos = null;
try {
client.connect("ftp.doamin.com");
client.login("8888", "8888");
String filePath = "/mnt/sdcard/download/CheckboxHTML.txt" ;
String fileName = "CheckboxHTML.txt";
fos = new FileOutputStream(filePath);
InputStream input = client.retrieveFileStream("/" + fileName);
byte[] data = new byte[1024];
int count = input.read(data);
while ((count = input.read(data)) != -1) {
fos.write(data, 0, count);
}
fos.close();
if(!client.completePendingCommand()) {
client.logout();
client.disconnect();
System.err.println("File transfer failed.");
}
} catch (SocketException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
Thanks for your time and interest. Ananth.

AFAIK. You are suppose to finalize file transfers by calling completePendingCommand() and verifying that the transfer was indeed successful. i.e. you need to add call the function below fos.clos().
fos.close();
client.completePendingCommand()
You may also consider this, according to the API for FTPClient.retrieveFileStream(), the method returns null when it cannot open the data connection, in which case you should check the reply code (e.g. getReplyCode(), getReplyString(), getReplyStrings()) to see why it failed.

File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/pdf");
if(!file.exists())
file.mkdir(); //directory is created;
try {
ftp = new FTPClient();
ftp.connect("yours ftp URL",21);//don't write ftp://
try {
int reply = ftp.getReplyCode();
if (!FTPReply.isPositiveCompletion(reply)) {
throw new Exception("Connect failed: " + ftp.getReplyString());
}
if (!ftp.login("username","password")) {
throw new Exception("Login failed: " + ftp.getReplyString());
}
try {
ftp.enterLocalPassiveMode();
if (!ftp.setFileType(FTP.BINARY_FILE_TYPE)) {
// Log.e(TAG, "Setting binary file type failed.");
}
transferFile(ftp);
} catch(Exception e) {
// handleThrowable(e);
} finally {
if (!ftp.logout()) {
// Log.e(TAG, "Logout failed.");
}
}
} catch(Exception e) {
// handleThrowable(e);
} finally {
ftp.disconnect();
}
} catch(Exception e) {
// handleThrowable(e);
}
}
private void transferFile(FTPClient ftp) throws Exception {
long fileSize=0;
fileSize = getFileSize(ftp, "nag.pdf");
Log.v("async","fileSize"+fileSize);
if(!(fileSize==0)){
InputStream is = retrieveFileStream(ftp, "nag.pdf");
downloadFile(is, fileSize);
is.close();
}
else
//nosuch files
if (!ftp.completePendingCommand()) {
throw new Exception("Pending command failed: " + ftp.getReplyString());
}
}
private InputStream retrieveFileStream(FTPClient ftp, String filePath)
throws Exception {
InputStream is = ftp.retrieveFileStream(filePath);
int reply = ftp.getReplyCode();
if (is == null
|| (!FTPReply.isPositivePreliminary(reply)
&& !FTPReply.isPositiveCompletion(reply))) {
throw new Exception(ftp.getReplyString());
}
return is;
}
private byte[] downloadFile(InputStream is, long fileSize)
throws Exception {
outputStream os = newFileOutputStream(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
+ "/pdf/nag.pdf");
byte[] buffer = new byte[(int) fileSize];
int readCount;
while( (readCount = is.read(buffer)) > 0) {
os.write(buffer, 0, readCount);
}
Log.i("tag", "buffer = " + buffer);
return buffer; // <-- Here is your file's contents !!!
}
private long getFileSize(FTPClient ftp, String filePath) throws Exception {
long fileSize = 0;
FTPFile[] files = ftp.listFiles(filePath);
if (files.length == 1 && files[0].isFile()) {
fileSize = files[0].getSize();
}
Log.i("tag", "File size = " + fileSize);
return fileSize;
}
}

After have worked on this problem and spent hours, I've found out that the Android Apache retrieveFile() and retrieveFileStream sometimes don't work very well when the FileSize is too big.
Ensure to set the right TypeFile to BinaryFile
mFTPClient.setFileType(FTP.BINARY_FILE_TYPE);
Also never forget to pass in LocalPassiveMode for download commands
mFTPClient.enterLocalPassiveMode();