Hi, even though I unfortunately didn't receive any feedback at all, I'd like to keep you updated about my advanced download plugin. I hired a freelancer who developed an iOS version as well.
Here is both, the Android and the iOS version: https://github.com/joerg86/phoneload Jörg Am Montag, den 02.01.2012, 13:21 +0100 schrieb Jörg Sawatzki: > Hi once again, > > first of all, a Happy New Year to everybody on the list! :o) > > As I haven't received any feedback in the last two weeks concerning my > proposal, I decided to make things easier for you and created a plugin > approach as well. It allows you to easily try out the extended download > feature without having to touch the core (even though I think this > feature belongs into the core in the long run). > > Here's the repository: > https://github.com/joerg86/phoneload > > Just follow the steps in Android/README.md and try it out. It should > work perfectly with the new PhoneGap 1.3.0! > > Cheers, > > Jörg > > Am Mittwoch, den 28.12.2011, 15:02 +0100 schrieb Jörg Sawatzki: > > Hey list, > > > > I hope you all had a nice christmas and didn't spend too much time > > digging through some code these days. :o) > > > > Here's the latest update concerning the improved download function in > > callback-android: The cancel() function! > > > > var ft = FileTransfer(); > > ft.download("http://foo.bar/download.zip";, progessCB, errorCB); > > > > Now the download starts and calls progressCB with a FileDownloadResult > > (see my last message) periodically. You can now do: > > > > ft.cancel() > > > > And the download thread is stopped! This calls errorCB once. > > > > I am looking forward to your feedback and it would be awesome if we > > could get this feature into core, as I am quite sure that almost every > > user who uses the download function would like to monitor and control > > the transfer. > > > > All the best for the new year! > > > > Jörg > > > > PS: I have some resources available to help with coding. We just need to > > agree how it should be done. I cannot make a decision, but I can make > > the code after the community / project managers have made the decision. > > > > PPS: Even though I am not an experienced Objective-C developer I'd > > volunteer for the job of implementing these additional functions on > > iPhone as well, if there's nobody else who can do it better and > > faster. :) > > > > Am Sonntag, den 18.12.2011, 16:29 +0100 schrieb Jörg Sawatzki: > > > Hi list, > > > > > > first of all I'd like to thank everybody involved in the project for the > > > excellent work you have done! I am using phonegap/callback for an app > > > that gives teachers and students access to educational resources like > > > video clips, documents, charts and interactive materials which are > > > distributed online by the state of Lower Saxony (Germany). > > > The app not only allows to bookmark items and manage items in folders, > > > but should provide a way to download the files to the mobile device and > > > use them offline. > > > > > > This is where the new FileTransfer.download() function comes in - it > > > basically works, but has two main issues: > > > > > > 1. You never know when a download is finished. You can just display a > > > "please be patient" message - if they download a 50 megs video clip they > > > might get confused if they aren't informed about the progress. > > > > > > 2. There's no way to cancel a download. If somebody accidently clicked > > > the download button, he has to wait until it is finished or kill the > > > app/shutdown the device. > > > > > > I have tried to address issue 1 for the android platform: > > > > > > How it works: > > > Use FileTransfer.download(source, target, success, error) as usual. > > > > > > Whenever the download changes it progress, the succes callback is called > > > with a FileDownloadResult (inspired by FileUploadResult) as parameter, > > > which looks like this: > > > > > > { > > > completed: false, > > > bytesReceived: 1000, > > > bytesTotal: 2000, > > > percentCompleted: 50.0, > > > responseCode: 200, > > > } > > > > > > When the download has finished, the "completed" property is set to true > > > and the "fileEntry" property is set and contains the FileEntry object > > > pointing to the downloaded file. > > > > > > Have a look at the commit to see how this works: > > > https://github.com/joerg86/callback-android/commit/f7d94812cdbf4fc8c1e7d343065502a07b85836e > > > > > > Keep in mind that this is just a quick prototype that I would like to > > > share and discuss with you. I'd highly appreciate if you check it out > > > and tell me your ideas and thoughts. > > > > > > I hope this is a good starting point and we can find a good way to get > > > something like this going in the callback core as soon as possible. > > > Users will expect this functionality if they download more than a few > > > hundred kilobytes. > > > > > > Thanks in advance for your feeback and have a nice day. :o) > > > > > > Jörg > > > > > > > > >
