Trying to create my first Android app (simple download and unzip)

[miskox]

Hello all!

I am trying to create my first Android app: all it has to do is download a file, rename it if required, extract the contents of the file (there will be one file in the archive):

I try to download https://www.kockarna.si/bp/1.1 (kockarna.si is my personal site)
This is a .zip file. Why 1.1 and not *.zip? Because this file is hosted on the Unix/Linux system and it doesn't matter if I use lowercase 1 or uppercase 1 .

Then I would like to extract the file that is stored in the .zip file (password is 123).

I am stuck at the download already. Here is the code. I based it on the http.sb example:

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;No debug
CloseDebugOutput()

; download https://www.kockarna.si/bp/1.1
; rename to 1.zip if required
; unzip 1.1 (or 1.zip) to 'downloads'
;

Procedure HttpGetEvent(Success, Result$, UserData)
  If Success
    Debug Result$
  Else
    Debug "HTTPRequest(): Error"
  EndIf
EndProcedure

Procedure ButtonEvent()
  HTTPRequest(#PB_HTTP_Get, "https://www.kockarna.si/bp/1.1", "", @HttpGetEvent())
  ; 1.1 is .zip file
  ; password for zip 123
EndProcedure

If OpenWindow(0, 100, 100, 250, 100, "Download 1.1")
  ButtonGadget(0, 10, 10, 250, 100, "Download 1.1")
  BindGadgetEvent(0, @ButtonEvent())
EndIf

I can't see that anything is downloaded (and I don't know where to look for it).

I really have no clue what to do.

And it looks like it opens in full window - I don't want to open in full window. In my settings I have 'fullscreen' unchecked.

Any help would be very useful.

Thanks.
Saso

[plouf]

In general you can only download /retrieve data from the same server script is running
So if you run hosted in your pc .. its not in the same server (local vs kokarna)

For testing purposws tou can download a cors plugin for tour browser . But definitelly not on final app

[miskox]

Thanks. Then it looks like I have a problem.

Any other solutions?

But this is Android app I am building? This applies for this too?

Saso

[plouf]

if you have access to apache config in the http server test this (untested by me)

viewtopic.php?p=8966#p8966

there are also several cordova plugins you can include, but its more "advance"

[miskox]

Thanks.

Something is bothering me: so that would mean that if I want to download a file from a Microsoft website I would have to configure their server.

I don't get it.

We are talking about the Android app (as the post title says). If I open Chrome on my mobile phone and enter file's URL I can downlolad it.

Or this applies only for the development process? So I can have my file on the 127.0.0.1 (or something)?

Saso

[plouf]

its a bit tricky because in it's root, spiderbasic basically creates webapp's.
And in the web these limitation apply, since around a decade, because of all these "phising" and scam's, long ago it was all free

So since SB creates an "app" through the cordova framework its a masquerade webapp->android and not "Real-real" app.

cordova however can be modified to access anything, also has plugins you can include and use to do almost anything,
but very few supported out-of-the-box for a number of reason, mainly for complexity

[miskox]

Thanks. This makes things more clear to me (I am a complete noob regarding Android apps).

I tried to change .htaccess file - but it contains completey different syntax.

I guess this project will have to wait.

Saso