How to store file internally with in the application of Phonegap for iOS

Question

I am new to PhoneGap programming.My question is

how to store downloaded PDF file internally with in the application for iOS. Here is what I have:

function downloadFile() {
    alert('start');
        window.requestFileSystem(LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT, 0, onFileSystemSuccess, fail);
        window.resolveLocalFileSystemURI("http://www.w3.org/2011/web-apps-ws/papers/Nitobi.pdf", onResolveSuccess, fail);
    }

function onFileSystemSuccess(fileSystem) {
    alert(fileSystem.name);
    console.log(fileSystem.name);
}

function onResolveSuccess(fileEntry) {
    alert('success');
    console.log(fileEntry.name);
}

function fail(evt) {
    console.log(evt.target.error.code);
}

And also I added plugin as cordova plugin add https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-file-transfer.git

But it is not working.Do we need any plugin for this LocalSystem?Please help me.

please refer this question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6417055/download-files-and-store-them-locally-with-phonegap-jquery-mobile-android-and-io — Prathamesh Saraf, May 15 '14 at 08:32
How to set target path to save downloaded file with in the app — rani, May 15 '14 at 09:11
For ios u can get the Document directory path using [[[NSFileManager defaultManager] URLsForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory inDomains:NSUserDomainMask] lastObject]; and then append your file name to it. this will save it in the documents directory — Prathamesh Saraf, May 15 '14 at 09:38
@rani check this one http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6417055/download-files-and-store-them-locally-with-phonegap-jquery-mobile-android-and-io i got success in android not tested in ios. — Aravin, May 15 '14 at 10:09
Aravin,I tried in iOS,it is giving error like File Transfer Error: Could not create target file — rani, May 15 '14 at 10:39

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

ok this is the entire code to download a file to documents directory for ios

document.addEventListener('deviceready',onDeviceReady, false);

function onDeviceReady()
{
    window.requestFileSystem(LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT, 0,onFileSystemSuccess, fail);
}

function fail() {
    console.log("failed to get filesystem");
}

function onFileSystemSuccess(fileSystem) {
    var fileTransfer = new FileTransfer();
    var uri = encodeURI("http://www.w3.org/2011/web-apps-ws/papers/Nitobi.pdf");

    fileTransfer.download(
          uri,
          fileSystem.root.fullPath+"/MyPdf.pdf",
          function(entry) {
            console.log("download complete: " + entry.fullPath);
          },
          function(error) {
                console.log("download error source " + error.source);
                console.log("download error target " + error.target);
                console.log("upload error code" + error.code);
          }
      );
}

this will download the Nitobi.pdf file to documents directory as MyPdf.pdf

For reference.

*******EDIT*********

For phonegap version 3.4 the fileSystem.root.fullPath+"/MyPdf.pdf", needs to be replaced with cdvfile://localhost/persistent/MyPdf.pdf

Courtesy of Phonegap 3.4 FileTransfer error (iOS)

,I tried as per this but It is giving error as FileTransferError { body = "Could not create target file"; code = 1; "http_status" = 200; source = "http://www.w3.org/2011/web-apps-ws/papers/Nitobi.pdf"; target = "cdvfile://localhost/root/MyPdf.pdf"; } — rani, May 15 '14 at 11:07
are u using phonegap 3.4? then the solution can be founf here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23097188/phonegap-3-4-filetransfer-error-ios — Prathamesh Saraf, May 15 '14 at 11:13
i am not sure for phonegap since i never had to do it before, for iOS native you can use a webview to do it. You can google or ask a separate question for it. — Prathamesh Saraf, May 15 '14 at 11:52

How to store file internally with in the application of Phonegap for iOS

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