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androidactionscript-3flashair
Papa De Beau
Papa De Beau

Reputation: 3828

as3 air get specific path to file on device

I am using as3 air and testing on an android.

I need to able to load, thru a browse feature, the sd card OR I need to point directly to that file folder thru a path.

I have successfully downloaded a zip file from a server. I can unzip it while testing on my desktop because I can browse to the correct path on desktop but not on phone. But I don't need the browse feature anyway, right now. I just need to be able to point to the applicationStorgeDirectory and the file in there. :)

I need the file var :)

var reader:ZipFileReader = new ZipFileReader();
    reader.open(file); /// Help :)

UPDATE Sept 4th 2012 5pm

I tried this code:

var file:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("myFile.zip");
trace(file.url); //path to the file
//assuming that function takes a string path
reader.open(file.url);

and I got this error:

Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 46
1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type String
to an unrelated type flash.filesystem:File.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4375

Answers (2)

bitmapdata.com
bitmapdata.com

Reputation: 9600

Try the following. I've tested.

var file:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("myFile.zip");
trace(file.url);
reader.open(file);

Upvotes: 1

francis
francis

Reputation: 6359

This should give you a url to an existing file

File url

You could try something like this:

var file:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("myFile.zip");
trace(file.url); //path to the file
//assuming that function takes a string path
reader.open(file.url);

Upvotes: 4

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