Trying to figure out how to create a directory on the file system using PhoneGap.
I want to create a directory for my PhoneGap application, so I can store images the user creates there and load them back up in the app.
Trying to figure out how to create a directory on the file system using PhoneGap.
I want to create a directory for my PhoneGap application, so I can store images the user creates there and load them back up in the app.
This is how you do it :
window.requestFileSystem(LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT, 0, onRequestFileSystemSuccess, null);
function onRequestFileSystemSuccess(fileSystem) {
var entry=fileSystem.root;
entry.getDirectory("example", {create: true, exclusive: false}, onGetDirectorySuccess, onGetDirectoryFail);
}
function onGetDirectorySuccess(dir) {
console.log("Created dir "+dir.name);
}
function onGetDirectoryFail(error) {
console.log("Error creating directory "+error.code);
}
On iOS, this script will create a directory named 'example' in Applications/YOUR_APP/Documents/
This code works for me (based on version 7 Cordova documentation - https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/reference/cordova-plugin-file/index.html):
window.resolveLocalFileSystemURL('cdvfile://localhost/persistent/',
function fileEntryCallback(fileEntry) {
fileEntry.getDirectory('my_directory', { create: true });
}
);
If the code above doesn't work, you may need to reinstall the File and File Transfer plugins. A command like
console.log(window.resolveLocalFileSystemUrl)
is one way to test that the plugins are working.
Also, if you're using Content Security Policy (CSP) be sure your default-src
allows cdvfile:
paths:
default-src cdvfile: