Ionic version:
Ionic Framework Version: 3.0.1
I have created a sample app to download a file in Mobile device
but when I click on download button, I see the download succeeded meessage. But image
does not appear in my image gallery .
Current behavior:
Image is not appearing in gallery.
Expected behavior:
Downloaded image should appear in gallery.
Steps to reproduce:
Install the app in android phone and click on download button.
Related code:
Type Script Code
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import {Component} from ‘@angular/core’;
import {NavController, Platform, AlertController} from ‘ionic-angular’;
import {Transfer, TransferObject} from ‘@ionic-native/transfer’;
import {File} from ‘@ionic-native/file’;
@Component({
selector: ‘page-home’,
templateUrl: ‘home.html’,
providers: [Transfer, TransferObject, File]
})
export class HomePage {
storageDirectory: string = ‘’;
constructor(public navCtrl: NavController, public platform: Platform, private transfer: Transfer, private file: File, public alertCtrl: AlertController) {
this.platform.ready().then(() => {
// make sure this is on a device, not an emulation (e.g. chrome tools device mode)
if(!this.platform.is(‘cordova’)) {
return false;
}
if (this.platform.is(‘ios’)) {
this.storageDirectory = cordova.file.documentsDirectory;
}
else if(this.platform.is(‘android’)) {
this.storageDirectory = cordova.file.dataDirectory;
}
else {
// exit otherwise, but you could add further types here e.g. Windows
return false;
}
});
}
downloadImage(image) {
this.platform.ready().then(() => {
const fileTransfer: TransferObject = this.transfer.create();
const imageLocation = ${cordova.file.applicationDirectory}www/assets/img/${image};
fileTransfer.download(imageLocation, this.storageDirectory + image).then((entry) => {
const alertSuccess = this.alertCtrl.create({
title: `Download Succeeded!`,
subTitle: `${image} was successfully downloaded to: ${entry.toURL()}`,
buttons: ['Ok']
});
alertSuccess.present();
}, (error) => {
const alertFailure = this.alertCtrl.create({
title: `Download Failed!`,
subTitle: `${image} was not successfully downloaded. Error code: ${error.code}`,
buttons: ['Ok']
});
alertFailure.present();
});
});
}
retrieveImage(image) {
this.file.checkFile(this.storageDirectory, image)
.then(() => {
const alertSuccess = this.alertCtrl.create({
title: `File retrieval Succeeded!`,
subTitle: `${image} was successfully retrieved from: ${this.storageDirectory}`,
buttons: ['Ok']
});
return alertSuccess.present();
})
.catch((err) => {
const alertFailure = this.alertCtrl.create({
title: `File retrieval Failed!`,
subTitle: `${image} was not successfully retrieved. Error Code: ${err.code}`,
buttons: ['Ok']
});
return alertFailure.present();
});
}
}"
