Adobe AIR Development

[QuiteSimple]

I guess there is none, since ZIP is missing in the QNXApplication.supportedFileTypes.

On the other hand the preloaded File Manager (developed by RIM) handles ZIP files just fine.

Do I need to implement my own ZIP handling if I want to open ZIP files?

[jtegen]

Internal or external to the app?

[QuiteSimple]

External to the app, i.e. file in shared/

But your question made me currious - is there any difference?

[peter9477]

QuiteSimple, my guess is that they support that only so you can attach .zip files to messages when you send email... I've seen no signs anything built-in can actually open the zip files, nor reports of such.

[Innovatology]

The File Manager is a native app. It probably uses the bzip library. You could do it from AIR with an ANE or an AS3 zip lib.

[jtegen · Accepted solution]

I use an AS3 library to unzip files (internal to app). If you're looking for a way to allow the user to see the files unzipped, then no at this point. You could display something in your app and show the contents of the zip file and the control the destination of each file (make your own unzip viewer).

[QuiteSimple]

Thanks for all comments. I'll go with my own implementation then. It would be perfect if RIM File Manager was a  standard ZIP handler just for the sake of user experience, but hey - we don't live in a perfect world

[Innovatology]

---

QuiteSimple wrote:

Thanks for all comments. I'll go with my own implementation then. It would be perfect if RIM File Manager was a  standard ZIP handler just for the sake of user experience, but hey - we don't live in a perfect world

---

No thanks. The standard File Manager can only unzip, it cannot open. Until it can, it should not be the default.