I'm having problems with the Phonegap FileTransfer API. Currently I'm trying to run the example code below:
saveFile: function (filepath,location, filetype) {
console.log("FUNCTION BEING CALLED");
var self = this;
//filepath is path to the internets file
//location is where on the device the file will be stored
var fileTransfer = new FileTransfer();
fileTransfer.download(filepath,self.rootPath + location + '.' + filetype,
function (entry) {
console.log('############# DOWNLOAD WORKS ##############');
console.log("download complete: " + entry.fullPath);
},
function (error) {
console.log('############# DOWNLOAD FAILS ##############');
console.log("download error source " + error.source);
console.log("download error target " + error.target);
console.log("upload error code" + error.code);
}
)
}
Currently, nothing at all appears to be happening. No errors are flagged, and the callbacks don't appear to be firing. All I get is the initial console.log of "FUNCTION BEING CALLED".
I've double checked, and can confirm that I'm including the cordova js file, (cordova-2.4.0.js).
If it matters, I've tried this on the Android Emulator, a HTC One X and a Samsung Galaxy S3, all with the same results.
Does anyone know what could be causing this?
Edit: I also felt I should mention that it's all running in an Angular JS app as well.
this is how i am doing it in my project
document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
function onDeviceReady() {
window.requestFileSystem(LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT, 0, gotFS, fail);
}
function gotFS(fileSystem) {
window.fileSystem = fileSystem;
//create directory test_app
fileSystem.root.getDirectory("test_app", {
create : true,
exclusive : false
}, dirWallpaper, fail);
function fail(evt) {
}
function dirWallpaper(entry) {
//save the directory path
window.testDir = entry;
}
//now download file to that location
saveFile: function (filepath,location, filetype) {
console.log("FUNCTION BEING CALLED");
var self = this;
//filepath is path to the internets file
//location is where on the device the file will be stored
var fileTransfer = new FileTransfer();
var path = window.testDir.fullPath + "/test_pdf."+ filetype;
fileTransfer.download(filepath,path,
function (entry) {
console.log('############# DOWNLOAD WORKS ##############');
console.log("download complete: " + entry.fullPath);
},
function (error) {
console.log('############# DOWNLOAD FAILS ##############');
console.log("download error source " + error.source);
console.log("download error target " + error.target);
console.log("upload error code" + error.code);
}
)
}
try like this and let me know.
Related
i use this code to download an apk from my localhost
function downloadApkAndroid(data) {
var fileURL = "cdvfile://localhost/persistent/path/to/Download/";
var fileTransfer = new FileTransfer();
var uri = encodeURI(data);
fileTransfer.download(
uri,
fileURL,
function (entry) {
console.log("download complete: " + entry.fullPath);
promptForUpdateAndroid(entry);
},
function (error) {
console.log("download error source " + error.source);
console.log("download error target " + error.target);
console.log("upload error code" + error.code);
},
false,
{
}
);
}
i got success to donwload then it will call this function promptForUpdateAndroid(entry); to try install it which the function contain this
function promptForUpdateAndroid(entry) {
console.log(entry);
window.plugins.webintent.startActivity({
action: window.plugins.webintent.ACTION_VIEW,
url: entry.toURL(),
type: 'application/vnd.android.package-archive'
},
function () {
},
function () {
alert('Failed to open URL via Android Intent.');
console.log("Failed to open URL via Android Intent. URL: " + entry.fullPath);
}
);
}
after it call that function i got alert
Parse error - there was a problem parsing the package
what i think is the fileURL var fileURL = "cdvfile://localhost/persistent/path/to/Download/"; is wrong but i dont really know what is actually the path is. please help me
ok i fix my problem already. i put in here incase someone got same problem. its true that path i put is wrong actually because i got the apk i download form server but cant install it becaue it didnt have permission since it puth at the root user so i change the path to
var fileURL = cordova.file.externalDataDirectory+'android.apk'
then after it successfully download the file web intent will automatically prompt user to install or not.
Cordova version: 3.4.1-0.1.0
I am using the file transfer plugin and I cannot save a image to file.
Errors I get from the device:
"download error target err"
upload error code 1
Here is the code, any ideas?
var fileTransfer = new FileTransfer(),
d = new Date(),
testImageUrl = encodeURI('http://www.inutritie.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/otet-600x300.jpg'),
imageCacheDir = '//Testdir';
fileTransfer.download(
testImageUrl,
'file:'+imageCacheDir+'/'+d.getTime(),
function(entry){
alert("download complete: " + entry.fullPath);
},
function(error){
alert("download error source " + error.source);
alert("download error target " + error.target);
alert("upload error code" + error.code);
}
);
Here is how I set and get the directory where I'll save the images on my Android device:
function initLocalCacheDir(){
window.requestFileSystem(LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT, 0, onFileSystemSuccess, onFileSystemFail);
};
function onFileSystemSuccess(fileSystem) {
fileSystem.root.getDirectory("Testdir",{create:true, exclusive: false}, gotDir, gotDirError);
};
function gotDir(d) {
var imageCacheDir = d.fullPath;
};
function gotDirError(evt) {
alert('gotDirError');
};
function onFileSystemFail(evt) {
alert('onFileSystemFail');
};
I am developing a phonegap applicaiton that downloads a file from the remote location like this:
var remoteFile=url+item.image;
var localFileName=item.image;
window.requestFileSystem(LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT, 0,
function onFileSystemSuccess(fileSystem) {
fileSystem.root.getFile(
"dummy.html", {create: true, exclusive: false},
function gotFileEntry(fileEntry) {
var sPath = fileSystem.fullPath.replace("dummy.html","");
var fileTransfer = new FileTransfer();
fileEntry.remove();
fileTransfer.download(
remoteFile,
sPath + localFileName,
function(theFile) {
alert("download complete: " + theFile.toURI());
showLink(theFile.toURI());
},
function(error) {
console.log("download error source " + error.source);
console.log("download error target " + error.target);
console.log("upload error code: " + error.code);
}
);
}, fail);
}, fail);
function fail(error) {
alert(error.code);
}
This downloads the files to a SD Card. To prevent external users from downloading the files, i want the app to forcefully store the files in device internal storage. What are my options?
Further, i need to retrieve the file (image) and display the same at some other point of time!
I want to download pdf file in my android phone using phone gap.can any one help me to download it? i have used https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugins/tree/master/Android/Downloader plugin but it is not working.If anybody have any other downloading method then please let me know..
Thanks in advance..
You can use the phonegap file api to download the files you want from server. Check docs for more detail - FileTransfer API
Here is an example code to download and save a pdf file in your sdcard.
window.appRootDirName = "download_test";
document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
function onDeviceReady() {
console.log("device is ready");
window.requestFileSystem(LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT, 0, gotFS, fail);
}
function fail() {
console.log("failed to get filesystem");
}
function gotFS(fileSystem) {
console.log("filesystem got");
window.fileSystem = fileSystem;
fileSystem.root.getDirectory(window.appRootDirName, {
create : true,
exclusive : false
}, dirReady, fail);
}
function dirReady(entry) {
window.appRootDir = entry;
console.log("application dir is ready");
}
downloadFile = function(){
var fileTransfer = new FileTransfer();
var url = "http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf";
var filePath = window.appRootDir.fullPath + "/test.pdf";
fileTransfer.download(
url,
filePath,
function(entry) {
alert("download complete: " + entry.fullPath);
},
function(error) {
alert("download error" + error.source);
}
);
}
For full source - https://gist.github.com/3055240
** You must add plugin file API, file transfer in phonegap (3.0+)
function downloadPDF(url, fileName, folder) {
var fileTransfer = new FileTransfer();
var uri = encodeURI(url);
var fileURL = folder + fileName;
fileTransfer.download(
uri,
fileURL,
function(entry) {
alert("complete");
console.log("download complete: " + entry.toURL());
},
function(error) {
alert("upload error code" + error.code);
console.log("download error source " + error.source);
console.log("download error target " + error.target);
console.log("upload error code" + error.code);
},
false,
{
headers: {
"Authorization": "Basic dGVzdHVzZXJuYW1lOnRlc3RwYXNzd29yZA=="
}
}
);
}
in Link
<a href="#"
onclick="
downloadPDF(
'http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.pdf',
'R-intro.pdf',
'/sdcard/nuuoeiz/'
);">
Download PDF</a>
I wrote an jQuery Mobile app and packaged it with Phonegap to iOS and Android apps.
At this point I am using locally stored json files to read data.
I would like to update these json files from time to time by downloading newer json files from a server.
How can I get the json from the server and store the json files to the local file system of Android and iOS?
Cheers
Johe
Use FileTransfer.download, here is an example:
function downloadFile(){
window.requestFileSystem(LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT, 0,
function onFileSystemSuccess(fileSystem) {
fileSystem.root.getFile(
"dummy.html", {create: true, exclusive: false},
function gotFileEntry(fileEntry) {
var sPath = fileEntry.fullPath.replace("dummy.html","");
var fileTransfer = new FileTransfer();
fileEntry.remove();
fileTransfer.download(
"http://www.w3.org/2011/web-apps-ws/papers/Nitobi.pdf",
sPath + "theFile.pdf",
function(theFile) {
console.log("download complete: " + theFile.toURI());
showLink(theFile.toURI());
},
function(error) {
console.log("download error source " + error.source);
console.log("download error target " + error.target);
console.log("upload error code: " + error.code);
}
);
}, fail);
}, fail);
};
}
This is how I solved it. First set the file paths, wich are different for Android and iOS
var file_path;
function setFilePath() {
if(detectAndroid()) {
file_path = "file:///android_asset/www/res/db/";
//4 Android
} else {
file_path = "res//db//";
//4 apache//iOS/desktop
}
}
Then I load my JSON files, wich are prepackaged with the app, into the local browser storage. Like this:
localStorage["my_json_data"] = loadJSON(file_path + "my_json_data.json");
function loadJSON(url) {
return jQuery.ajax({
url : url,
async : false,
dataType : 'json'
}).responseText;
}
If I wanna update my data. I get the new JSON Data from the server and push it into the local storage. If the server is on a different domain, which is the case most of the time, you have to make a JSONP call (check jQuery's docs on JSONP).
I did it kinda like this:
$.getJSON(my_host + 'json.php?function=' + my_json_function + '&callback=?', function (json_data) {
//write to local storage
localStorage["my_json_data"] = JSON.stringify(json_data);
});
You can do this in one line of code:
new FileManager().download_file('http://url','target_path',Log('downloaded success'));
target_path: can include directory (example: dira/dirb/file.html) and the directories will be created recursively.
You can find the library to do this here:
https://github.com/torrmal/cordova-simplefilemanagement
My suggestion would be to look into PhoneGap's File API. I haven't used it myself, but it should do what you're after.
Updated Answer for new Cordova
function downloadFile(url, filename, callback, callback_error) {
var fileTransfer = new FileTransfer();
fileTransfer.download(url,
cordova.file.dataDirectory + "cache/" + filename,
function (theFile) {
console.log("download complete: " + theFile.toURL());
if (callback)
callback();
},
function (error) {
console.log("download error source " + error.source);
console.log("download error target " + error.target);
console.log("upload error code: " + error.code);
if (callback_error)
callback_error();
}
);
}
For downloading and displaying a file, follow the sample code.
Include the given code just above the </head> tag in your index.html
< script type = "text/javascript" charset = "utf-8" >
// Wait for Cordova to load
document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
// Cordova is ready
function onDeviceReady() {
alert("Going to start download");
downloadFile();
}
function downloadFile() {
window.requestFileSystem(
LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT, 0,
function onFileSystemSuccess(fileSystem) {
fileSystem.root.getFile(
"dummy.html", {
create: true,
exclusive: false
},
function gotFileEntry(fileEntry) {
var sPath = fileEntry.fullPath.replace("dummy.html", "");
var fileTransfer = new FileTransfer();
fileEntry.remove();
fileTransfer.download(
"http://www.w3.org/2011/web-apps-ws/papers/Nitobi.pdf",
sPath + "theFile.pdf",
function(theFile) {
console.log("download complete: " + theFile.toURI());
showLink(theFile.toURI());
},
function(error) {
console.log("download error source " + error.source);
console.log("download error target " + error.target);
console.log("upload error code: " + error.code);
}
);
},
fail);
},
fail);
}
function showLink(url) {
alert(url);
var divEl = document.getElementById("deviceready");
var aElem = document.createElement("a");
aElem.setAttribute("target", "_blank");
aElem.setAttribute("href", url);
aElem.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Ready! Click To Open."))
divEl.appendChild(aElem);
}
function fail(evt) {
console.log(evt.target.error.code);
}
</script>
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