We're developing mobile application in Xamarin. How can next be accomplished in iOS:
- user downloads file from url (http request is made to REST API, secured with Authentication Basic username:secretKey)
- file is saved to iOS
- user opens a file (allowed are jpg, png, pdf, doc, docx, png)
- file is opened in default application (e.g. for images image viewer)
As file operations are platform specific, here's interface definition:
public interface IFileHelper
{
void DownloadFileAndSave(Models.DocumentModel document);
}
Android implementation:
public class FileHelper : IFileHelper
{
// download file and view status in download manager
public void DownloadFileAndSave(Models.DocumentModel document)
{
DownloadManager dm = (DownloadManager)Android.App.Application.Context.GetSystemService(Context.DownloadService);
string url = WebApiUtils.GetBaseUrl() + string.Format("Api/v1/Dms/{0}", document.UniqueId);
DownloadManager.Request request = new Android.App.DownloadManager.Request(Android.Net.Uri.Parse(url)));
request.AddRequestHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + WebApiUtils.GetEncodedCredentials(Auth.Users.Current));
var downloadFile = Android.OS.Environment.GetExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Android.OS.Environment.DirectoryDownloads);
string path = Path.Combine(downloadFile.AbsolutePath, document.FileName);
request.SetDestinationUri(Android.Net.Uri.FromFile(new Java.IO.File(path)));
request.SetMimeType(document.ContentType);
request.SetNotificationVisibility(DownloadVisibility.VisibleNotifyCompleted);
dm.Enqueue(request);
}
In Android file is simply stored on the filesystem and with File Explorer which is by default installed on any Android (i.e. My Files -> device storage -> Download), the file is opened in default application for file's mime type. Everything fine on Android.
Apple iOS implementation:
public class FileHelper : IFileHelper
{
public void DownloadFileAndSave(Models.DocumentModel document)
{
WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
webClient.Headers.Add(HttpRequestHeader.Authorization, "Basic " + WebApiUtils.GetEncodedCredentials(Auth.Users.Current));
webClient.DownloadDataAsync(new System.Uri(WebApiUtils.GetBaseUrl() + string.Format(Consts.ApiUrls.GetDocument, document.UniqueId)));
webClient.DownloadDataCompleted += (sender, e) =>
{
byte[] content = e.Result;
string path = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments), document.FileName);
// doesn't throw exception therefore saved ok
File.WriteAllBytes(path, content);
Uri uri = new Uri(String.Format("file://{0}", path));
// doesn't work.
Device.OpenUri(uri);
};
}
}
Is there any other way to open downloaded file in default application. If I open url e.g. http://example.com/files/file1.png it opens the file in safari, but I can't put Authorization: Basic headers in Device.OpenUri.
I read about Load Non-Web Documents with WebView but you would have to build each file as BundleResource.