This is a download module for Appcelerator Titanium that allows you to add urls and download the files in the background.

These versions of the original NappDownloadManager modules have been updated and modified by @kosso.

Why u no fork? Due to recent Titanium SDK and Studio updates and changes since these modules were first built, I could not get basic forks of these modules to compile. Also Studio doesn't seem to play well with cross-platform module projects as it used to. So they have been split in to two seperate projects for iOS and Android. I have also added a missing Android jar which was required. The module id is still dk.napp.downloadmanager for both iOS and Android, despite the change in project names.

Compiled module zip files can be found in the dist folder for each platform.

My usage of these modules required more control over the download queues, in particular the ability to totally 'nuke' and reset the download queue, in case of an app crash or other reason. The original version had some issues where incomplete downloads in the queue could not be safely deleted or removed. [see issues] - particulary when developing an app, since app UIDs change in the stored filepaths on each deployment (to the simulator or device).

To clean things up, a method called cleanUp() has been introduced to both platforms which will look for any existing queue data files, read them, then clean up any partial downloads from an aborted previous session and finally delete the queue data files again, completely resetting the queue.

I recommend calling it right after instantiating the module, so a clean up can be performed at launch, after a potential crash. And also for good measure before starting a new queue. [@kosso]

Note: I also call the stopDownloader() method immediately after loading the module, after discovering that the module contains a 'heartbeat' which will run constantly in the background unless you stop it.

I then call restartDownloader() just before I add download requests with addDownload(url) which trigger downloading.

Download the latest distribution ZIP-file and consult the Titanium Documentation on how install it.

To access this module from JavaScript, you would do the following:

	var NappDownloadManager = require("dk.napp.downloadmanager");

The downloader variable is a reference to the Module object.

	NappDownloadManager.NETWORK_TYPE_WIFI
	NappDownloadManager.NETWORK_TYPE_MOBILE
	NappDownloadManager.NETWORK_TYPE_ANY

	NappDownloadManager.DOWNLOAD_PRIORITY_LOW
	NappDownloadManager.DOWNLOAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL
	NappDownloadManager.DOWNLOAD_PRIORITY_HIGH

	NappDownloadManager.addEventListener('progress', handleEvent);
	NappDownloadManager.addEventListener('overallprogress', handleEvent);
	NappDownloadManager.addEventListener('paused', handleEvent);
	NappDownloadManager.addEventListener('failed', handleEvent);
	NappDownloadManager.addEventListener('completed', handleEvent);
	NappDownloadManager.addEventListener('cancelled', handleEvent);	
	NappDownloadManager.addEventListener('started', handleEvent);

All events send an object of the download information. Example of event handler

	function handleEvent(e) {
		e.name;
		e.url;
		e.downloadedBytes;
		e.totalBytes;
		e.filePath;
		e.createdDate;
		e.priority;
	}

	NappDownloadManager.maximumSimultaneousDownloads = 4;
	var maxDownloads = NappDownloadManager.getMaximumSimultaneousDownloads();
	NappDownloadManager.setMaximumSimultaneousDownloads(4);

	NappDownloadManager.permittedNetworkTypes = NappDownloadManager.NETWORK_TYPE_ANY;
	var maxDownloads = NappDownloadManager.getPermittedNetworkTypes();
	NappDownloadManager.setPermittedNetworkTypes(NappDownloadManager.NETWORK_TYPE_WIFI);

NappDownloadManager.addDownload({
	name:'Some name',
	url:'http://host/file',
	filePath: 'native file path',
	priority: NappDownloadManager.DOWNLOAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL
});

Important

The downloader starts immediately downloading the files, after you add them! Be sure to set any event listeners before adding your first file or it might not get called!

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	NappDownloadManager.cleanUp();

	NappDownloadManager.stopDownloader();

	NappDownloadManager.restartDownloader();

	NappDownloadManager.pauseAll();

	NappDownloadManager.pauseItem('http://host/file');

	NappDownloadManager.resumeAll();

	NappDownloadManager.resumeItem('http://host/file');

	NappDownloadManager.cancelItem('http://host/file');

	NappDownloadManager.deleteItem('http://host/file');

	NappDownloadManager.getDownloadInfo('http://host/file');

	NappDownloadManager.getAllDownloadInfo();

NappDownloadManager is a singleton - so only require it once globally. A good place to do so would be in alloy.js or app.js for vanilla Titanium projects.

// if Alloy
Alloy.Globals.NappDownloadManager = require('dk.napp.downloadmanager');
...

// if vanilla Titanium
var NappDownloadManager = require('dk.napp.downloadmanager');

NappDownloadManager.permittedNetworkTypes = NappDownloadManager.NETWORK_TYPE_ANY;
NappDownloadManager.maximumSimultaneousDownloads = 4;

// add events before starting the downloads
NappDownloadManager.addEventListener('progress', function(e) {
	// show it somewhere
	var progress=e.downloadedBytes*100.0/e.totalBytes;
	var text=e.downloadedBytes+'/'+e.totalBytes+' '+Math.round(progress)+'% '+e.bps+' bps';
});

NappDownloadManager.addEventListener('completed', function(e) {
	// do stuff
});

// define a path where the downloaded file should be stored once complete
var file = Ti.Filesystem.getFile(Ti.Filesystem.applicationDataDirectory, 'myfile.ext');

// add a download
NappDownloadManager.addDownload({
	name: 'myfile ..',
	url: "https://example.com/myfile.ext",
	filePath: file.nativePath,
	priority: NappDownloadManager.DOWNLOAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL
});

// Optionally add headers to download request
NappDownloadManager.addDownload({
	name: 'myfile ..',
	url: "https://example.com/myfile.ext",
	filePath: file.nativePath,
	priority: NappDownloadManager.DOWNLOAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
	headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer " + Ti.App.Properties.getString("authToken"), 
        "CustomHeader": "CustomHeaderValue"}
});

• v3.0 MOD [@kosso]
  • Modified version supporting the latest Appcelerator Studio build tooling and SDK 6.0.1.GA
  • Added cleanUp() method.
  • Bumped version too far for some reason.
• v1.1.7
  • Contains fixes if server is using Transfer-Encoding: chunked or if server doesn't send content-length header with response.
  • Added abiility pass headers to download request (for Authorization etc).
• v1.1.5 (iOS only)
  • Making sure we dont violate the Apple rule: 2.23 - Apps must follow the iOS Data Storage Guidelines or they will be rejected. We set the NSURLIsExcludedFromBackupKey flag.
• v1.1.4
  • Bugfix for invalid urls
• v1.1.3
  • Added overallprogress event.
  • Added failed event on connection timeouts and error.
• v1.1.2
  • Bugfix. Better handling of invalid for forbidden download links.
• v1.1.1
  • Improvement. Better handling of Progress Event. Now it fires twice every second, instead of all the time. This limits the UI thread, if you update UI to show download progress.
• v1.1.0 (iOS)
  • Added 64bit support
• v1.0.0
  • init

Mads Møller
web: http://www.napp.dk
email: [email protected]
twitter: @nappdev

Original work by Kevin Willford

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