Yes, I meant "read" only. Simon Mac Donald http://hi.im/simonmacdonald
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Shazron Abdullah <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm sure you meant read only. Yup iOS is read only. > > On 2012-06-22, at 12:57 PM, Simon MacDonald <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > To the best of my knowledge the www folder on Android, iOS and BB is > write > > only as that is part of your application. > > > > Simon Mac Donald > > http://hi.im/simonmacdonald > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Filip Maj <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Thanks for pointing that out. > >> > >> APIs will get revisited post-2.0, but this is something that the > framework > >> needs to provide IMO. I don't really care _how_ it does it, that's a > >> subjective discussion / more a matter of preference. > >> > >> Simon, why would it have to be read-only? Can we not programmatically > >> write to the www folder on some platforms? > >> > >> On 6/22/12 12:46 PM, "Simon MacDonald" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> We floated this idea out once upon a time. The best resource I could > find > >>> on it was: > >>> > >>> > >> > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/phonegap-dev/Android > >>> $20media$20question/phonegap-dev/5_eneTcPBYg/nItMozwh8QoJ > >>> > >>> There are a number of practical concerns when it comes to implementing > >>> this > >>> however. On all of the platforms the APPLICATION file system would be > read > >>> only which could cause some confusion among developers who want to > write > >>> files into this file system. IIRC Justin did not find a way to list > all of > >>> the assets on BB. That may have changed with the some of the more > recent > >>> OS > >>> versions though. > >>> > >>> Way back in PG 1.1 I had the stubs for an APPLICATION and RESOURCE > >>> filesystem in the code but it was shot down at that point as it did not > >>> follow the W3C spec. > >>> > >>> Simon Mac Donald > >>> http://hi.im/simonmacdonald > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Filip Maj <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Reference issue: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-285 > >>>> > >>>> TL;DR: how can I reference in-app (inside the www folder) resources > in a > >>>> cross-platform way? For example, packaged .mp3 file, for use in Media. > >>>> > >>>> Some contributors recommend parsing location.href, but this is brittle > >>>> and > >>>> does not work on all platforms. > >>>> > >>>> My proposal: add a new constant to the LocalFileSystem object [1] > >>>> representing the application root (e.g. APPLICATION). Users could > then: > >>>> > >>>> function onSuccess(fileSystem) { > >>>> console.log(fileSystem.name); > >>>> } > >>>> > >>>> // request the file system of the app package www folder > >>>> window.requestFileSystem(LocalFileSystem.APPLICATION, 0, onSuccess, > >>>> onError); > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Thoughts? > >>>> > >>>> [1] > >>>> > >>>> > >> > http://docs.phonegap.com/en/1.8.0/cordova_file_file.md.html#LocalFileSyst > >>>> em > >>>> > >>>> > >> > >> >
