[Martin]

Hi,

I take photos in my app and want to move them to the app data location.

// create photo
        Connections {
            target: nativeUtils
            onCameraPickerFinished: {
                if(accepted) {
                    console.log("New photo path: " + path)

                    // copy picture
                    if(fileUtils.copyFile(path, FileUtils.AppDataLocation + "/" + fileUtils.cropPathAndKeepFilename(path)) === false) {
                        console.error("Cannot copy photo: " + FileUtils.AppDataLocation)
                    }
                  [...]
                }
            }
        }

FileUtils.AppDataLocation directs to “17”. So the destination dir is “17/” and it is not possible to copy the file. I thought it should be absolute path to application data dir. Did I miss anything?

I’m using Mac mini for development and test the app on my iPad via the Felgo Live Server.

Regards
Martin

 

 

[AlexFelgo Team]

Hi Martin,

FileUtils.AppDataLocation

is just the enum, please use this to get the actual path:

fileUtils.storageLocation(FileUtils.AppDataLocation)

You can also add your remaining path as a second parameter, to get the full absolute path without having to care about the correct concatenation, see https://felgo.com/doc/felgo-fileutils/#storageLocation-method

Best,
Alex

[Martin]

Hi Alex,

thank you for the hint.

But I have still troubles with copying the files as you can see here:

var dstPath = fileUtils.storageLocation(FileUtils.AppDataLocation)
// Copy photo to application data dir
if(fileUtils.copyFile(path, dstPath) === false) {
  console.error("Cannot copy photo to: " + dstPath)
}

I get the photo under

file:///var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/063D1917-6A5A-41F4-BF57-0560F33E1322/Library/Application%20Support/Felgo%20Live%20Client/temp_CDEB8B89-8AA4-4830-8AD3-480D1385FC67.jpg

But it cannot be copied to

/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/063D1917-6A5A-41F4-BF57-0560F33E1322/Library/Application Support/Felgo Live Client/

Does the app need special permissions?

Regards

Martin

 

 

[AlexFelgo Team]

Hi Martin,

here is a working example:

import QtQuick 2.5
import Felgo 3.0

App {
  NavigationStack {
    Page {
      title: "Copy Image"

      AppButton {
        anchors.centerIn: parent
        text: "Image"
        onClicked: {
          nativeUtils.displayCameraPicker("Take Photo")
        }
      }

      Connections {
        target: nativeUtils
        onCameraPickerFinished: {
          if(accepted) {
            console.log("New photo path: " + path)

            var dstPath = fileUtils.storageLocation(FileUtils.AppDataLocation, "Copy_" + fileUtils.cropPathAndKeepFilename(path))

            console.log("Qt.resolvedUrl(path) " + Qt.resolvedUrl(path))
            console.log("dstPath " + dstPath)

            // Copy photo to application data dir
            if(fileUtils.copyFile(Qt.resolvedUrl(path), dstPath) === false) {
              console.error("Cannot copy photo to: " + dstPath)
            }

            console.debug("file exists " + fileUtils.existsFile(dstPath))
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Basically, you need to call Qt.resolvedUrl on the path returned from the camera picker, to use it with the copyFile method. Qt is sometimes a little picky on the format of urls, so calling Qt.resolvedUrl is often handy.

Let me know if that works for you.

Best,
Alex

[Martin]

Hi Alex,

thank you for your efforts. It’s working!

Regards
Martin