Cordova write public file in downloads folder

Not sure what to say - according to the docs, dataDirectory should be writeable. Best I can suggest is to create a reproduceable case where you write to it and try to read and then file it as an issue against the File plugin. Thanks for the prompt response. Issue is I want to export device embedded SQLite data to. I already made one function which get all the data from the database table and coverts into CSV format.

Now I want to create. But I told you what to do, right? As you said, you were able to write the CSV but your unable to read it. So do as I suggested: Make a simple example of this, don't even worry about CSV, just write "hello world" to the new file. Confirm you can't read it. Then file a bug against the plugin and include the code. Very useful example! I found the scoping of variables tricky to follow in this example so I rewrote it into a single function.

Need a an easy to use wrapper for File API? Found that thanks to searching on Bower. Here's the example of writing a file with that API. Saying you are facing a problem is not the same as saying what your problem is. You can convert binary data to Base64 and store it in LocalStorage, but it will be quite large. I'd use the file system. Hello Raymond, your articles have been very useful. I have one issue though. When I call the writeLog method multiple times, it doesn't write all the lines. It is not consistent which lines it writes.

So for example: writeLog "1" ; writeLog "2" ; writeLog "3" ; The above code doesn't write all three lines. I think this is because of async nature of the API, can you suggest how can I achieve this? Thanks a lot. Confirmed - and it kinda makes sense too. Since the call is async, you have issues where N calls at once try to append to the same file. The easy fix is to simply make writeLog async - ie, make it fire a callback when done or use a promise. That's not ideal, but it would solve the issue.

I'll do some thinking on this to see if I can come up with something nicer. Hi Raymond, thanks for the nice article. However, you might want to mention that, for those of us who do not have the cordova file plugin installed out of the box, doing. Is there maybe a more recent version of this plugin?

Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details. Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations. Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details. Yeah - I try to call out the plugins I'm using in a demo but I definitely forgot this time - thanks. To your question - you mean beyond what you get with a normal plugin install? I don't know - you would need to check the repo to see if there's something not released yet.

If you're worried about those messages, I'd file a bug report. Sir, dir. Check the link to the HTML5Rocks article and they discuss how to create a folder if it doesn't exist. I've got a mental model of how I'd do it - but I haven't actually written it yet.

You could still use it for debugging. Hello sir, i tried using your code as a test for cordova file creation but it didn't really work , and i still get : "Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'dataDirectory' of undefined " on the line : "window.

Did you wait for deviceReady to fire? That's the only reason I can think for cordova. I explain this in the post. I use this shortcut, cordova. You can print out the full path if you want using a console statement. Hello Raymond, I was wondering if it's possible to use a plugin's functionality from another plugin. For example, if I'm developing a plugin that requires writing and reading to a file, can I utilize the functionality already implemented in cordova-plugin-file or do I need to implement it or include the code from the file plugin directly in my plugin?

I've searched online but I can't find a good reference for it. My gut says no, but I'm not sure. I'd consider posting this to StackOverflow as it doesn't necessarily pertain to this blog entry anyway ;. Let me know when you do, I'd like to follow it. Thanks for you reply. I've already posted it but haven't gotten any reply. Not even a comment. Raymond Camden Exactly the case with me. Thank you :. For this reason, we will create four buttons in index. We will also add textarea wherein, the content of our file will be shown.

We will add event listeners in index. The file will be created in the apps root folder on the device. To be able to access the root folder you need to provide superuser access to your folders. The correct path in my case was this: cordova.

And that means that we have to request permission to the user: permissions. Improve this answer. Could you, please, take a look at this question and help if you can because I'm not sure where should I put the code you wrote?

Neeraj Vishwakarma Neeraj Vishwakarma 6 6 bronze badges. In this way the download fails with the error code 1 — FrancescoMussi. In this way the download fails with the error code 1 Well Should we know? Show 1 more comment. But for others like external storage and so you need them.

You are with this problem this year. Google for runtime permissions. You can than directly download to the Download directory. I know there are many similar question. And there will be more if no actual answer is provided If you can please paste some working code we can all have some closure : — FrancescoMussi. By the way I have edited the question adding the console.

Not that i know of for Xamarin. But the problem is well known. Now did you google? You are confirming or denying nothing. Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account. Writing to the app specific folders is possible for example externalApplicationStorageDirectory. After restarting the app creating, moving or copying a file to the Downloads folder can be done without a problem.