swift2plunder / ionic-2-file-transfer-example

:file_folder: Download files to a device using Ionic 2 w/ the cordova-plugin-file-transfer plugin

Ionic 2 File Transfer Example

A simple example of how you can download files to a device using Ionic 2, Typescript (but can easily be converted to ES6), and by utilising the cordova-plugin-file-transfer plugin.

This example currently saves the file:

iOS - in the app-specific Documents/ folder using cordova.file.documentsDirectory

Android - persistent and private data storage within the application's sandbox using cordova.file.dataDirectory

Here's the list of the different places you can store files using this plugin.

Build

Requires cordova, typescript and typings to be globally installed. Note that even if you are getting Typescript errors (it's to do with Ionic/Typescript themselves) when building, it will still build and work on-device successfully.

iOS

Requires: Xcode (plus a developer license), a recent version of Ionic 2.

• download/clone repo.
• npm install
• ionic build ios
• open up Xcode and run the application on a iPhone/iPad device.

Android

• download/clone repo.
• npm install
• ionic build android
• plug an android device in, then run ionic run android (make sure USB debugging is enabled)

Testing

iOS

To check the file is actually on the device, on Xcode you can go to Window -> Devices, then

• select the device you downloaded the file to
• select the app you used to download the file (in this case Ionic2FileTransferExample)
• then you should see the folder Documents, where the image was downloaded to.

Android

Untested right now, you should be able to locate the file using an app such as ES File Explorer.

License

MIT