Trying to create a Flutter plugin that copies an asset file to the native Application Documents Folder.
For iOS, I achieved this by the following code (see below).
However, since I do not have much knowledge of the Android architecture, I would like to know how my Android MethodChannel code should look like.
My Android part of this Flutter plugin needs to be in KOTLIN !
I need a file copy from the Android assets folder to the Documents Folder of Android - all this done inside the Flutter plugin and in Kotlin!
Again, I have iOS in Swift ready made. What is missing is the Android in Kotlin counter part. Do you have any help on this ?
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Here is the working code for the iOS FlutterMethodChannel in Swift:
(i.e. it copies a file from the main-bundle to the Documents-Directory of the iPhone...)
import UIKit
private func copyFile(fileName: String) -> String {
let fileManager = FileManager.default
let documentsUrl = fileManager.urls(for: .documentDirectory,
in: .userDomainMask)
guard documentsUrl.count != 0 else {
return "Could not find documents URL"
}
let finalURL = documentsUrl.first!.appendingPathComponent(fileName)
if !( (try? finalURL.checkResourceIsReachable()) ?? false) {
let documentsURL = Bundle.main.resourceURL?.appendingPathComponent(fileName)
do {
try fileManager.copyItem(atPath: (documentsURL?.path)!, toPath: finalURL.path)
return "\(finalURL.path)"
} catch let error as NSError {
return "Couldn't copy file to final location! Error:\(error.description)"
}
} else {
return "\(finalURL.path)"
}
}
In Kotlin, I tried this - but it does not work at all....:(
import java.io.File
private fun copyFileTrial1(fileName: String): String {
File src = new File("../../assets/${fileName}");
File dst = new File("../../DocumentsFolder/${fileName}", src.getName());
FileInputStream inStream = new FileInputStream(src);
FileOutputStream outStream = new FileOutputStream(dst);
FileChannel inChannel = inStream.getChannel();
FileChannel outChannel = outStream.getChannel();
inChannel.transferTo(0, inChannel.size(), outChannel);
inStream.close();
outStream.close();
return "hello1"
}
Or I tried this - but again - completely without success :(
private fun copyFileTrial2(fileName: String): String {
InputStream in = null;
OutputStream out = null;
try {
in = assetManager.open(fileName);
String outDir = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() + "/X/Y/Z/" ;
File outFile = new File(outDir, filenfileNameame);
out = new FileOutputStream(outFile);
copyFile(in, out);
in.close();
in = null;
out.flush();
out.close();
out = null;
} catch(IOException e) {
Log.e("tag", "Failed to copy asset file: " + fileName, e);
}
return "hello2"
}
private void copyFile(InputStream in, OutputStream out) throws IOException {
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int read;
while((read = in.read(buffer)) != -1){
out.write(buffer, 0, read);
}
}