Web and WebWorks Development

[sandeshmsg]

Hello Sir/Ma'am,

please tell me the absolute path to the media directory in playbook . I want to access wallpapers, downloaded images etc.. please help me . I am badly stuck. 

Thnaks in Advance,

Sandesh.

[jeffheifetz]

Hi sandeshmsg,

I would reccomend using the blackberry.io.appDirs (http://www.blackberry.com/developers/docs/webworks/api/blackberry.io.dir.html#.appDirs^2) method and get the path you're interested in. To better see the structure  of the returned data check out the URI version of the API (http://www.blackberry.com/developers/docs/webworks/api/blackberry.io.dir.html#.appDirs)

[sandeshmsg]

Thanks but I am not able to find the media folder . can you please tell me the full path. like file:/// .....

[jeffheifetz]

Does this code not work for you? Make sure your config has both the featureIDs and the permission tags set up

<script type="text/javascript">
  var dirs = blackberry.io.dir.appDirs;
	
  alert('Application storage folder path:' + dirs.app.storage.path);
		
  // access_shared permission must be added in order to access shared folders
  var musicDir = dirs.shared.music.path;
  alert('Music folder path:' + musicDir);
</script>

 The full strucure of the returned data will look like this, so just use the corresponding key for the type of data you're looking for.

{
  "data" : {
    "app": {
      "storage" : {
        "path" : "file:///accounts/1000/appdata/WebWorksAppTemplate.testa3NBcHBUZW1wbGF0ZSAgICA/data"
      }
    },
    "shared": {
      "bookmarks": {
        "path" : "file:///accounts/1000/appdata/WebWorksAppTemplate.testa3NBcHBUZW1wbGF0ZSAgICA/shared/bookmarks"
      },
      "books": {
        "path" : "file:///accounts/1000/appdata/WebWorksAppTemplate.testa3NBcHBUZW1wbGF0ZSAgICA/shared/books"
      },
      "camera": {
        "path" : "file:///accounts/1000/appdata/WebWorksAppTemplate.testa3NBcHBUZW1wbGF0ZSAgICA/shared/camera"
      },
      "documents": {
        "path" : "file:///accounts/1000/appdata/WebWorksAppTemplate.testa3NBcHBUZW1wbGF0ZSAgICA/shared/documents"
      },
      "downloads": {
        "path" : "file:///accounts/1000/appdata/WebWorksAppTemplate.testa3NBcHBUZW1wbGF0ZSAgICA/shared/downloads"
      },
      "misc": {
        "path" : "file:///accounts/1000/appdata/WebWorksAppTemplate.testa3NBcHBUZW1wbGF0ZSAgICA/shared/misc"
      },
      "music": {
        "path" : "file:///accounts/1000/appdata/WebWorksAppTemplate.testa3NBcHBUZW1wbGF0ZSAgICA/shared/music"
      },
      "photos": {
        "path" : "file:///accounts/1000/appdata/WebWorksAppTemplate.testa3NBcHBUZW1wbGF0ZSAgICA/shared/photos"
      },
      "print": {
        "path" : "file:///accounts/1000/appdata/WebWorksAppTemplate.testa3NBcHBUZW1wbGF0ZSAgICA/shared/print"
      },
      "videos": {
        "path" : "file:///accounts/1000/appdata/WebWorksAppTemplate.testa3NBcHBUZW1wbGF0ZSAgICA/shared/videos"
      },
      "voice": {
        "path" : "file:///accounts/1000/appdata/WebWorksAppTemplate.testa3NBcHBUZW1wbGF0ZSAgICA/shared/voice"
      }
    }
  }
}

[sandeshmsg]

Only first alert statement is getting executed. Not second one .

my config.xml content is...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><widget xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" 
xmlns:rim="http://www.blackberry.com/ns/widgets" version="2.0" rim:header="RIM-
Widget:rim/widget">

  <name>Hello World</name> 

   <description>Sample app.</description>

   <author rim:copyright="2011">Sandesh</author>

   <icon rim:hover="false" src="icon.png"/>

   <icon rim:hover="true" src="icon.png"/> 

   <content src="index.htm"/>

   <feature id="blackberry.io.dir" /> 

   <rimermit>access_shared</rimermit>

 </widget>

[jeffheifetz · Accepted solution]

Hi sandehmsg,

I guess this needs to be more clear, but the permits tag have to be inside of a permissions element. If it works you'll get a pop-up when you start the app.

<rim:permissions>
 <rim:permit>access_shared</rim:permit>
</rim:permissions>

[sandeshmsg]

How can i miss that ..... 

Thanks a lot its working now .