Unable to pack assets in Play Asset Delivery

[idzdigital]

I am using "install-time" method, but _assets.openInstallTimeAsset("path/example.txt") returns null. I have checked the aab file but did not any my data in it. Below is the link to aab file. <assetPack delivery="install-time" folder="LocalData" id="Swfs"/> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GX400f_u_b-ckKEL-E9cQRrrH_vhyttQ/view?usp=sharing

[idzdigital]

@marchbold

[marchbold]

I haven't developed this extension so will leave it for Harman to answer

[ajwfrost]

So this looks like you're trying to add an asset pack called Swfs and then having files from a folder LocalData to be put inside this... but the files aren't included in the asset pack? So it's a packaging problem...

Did you include the files in the packaging command? So e.g. you should be calling something like:

adt -package -target aab .... application.xml Main.swf -C Resources . -C AssetPacks . -extdir ANE

on the assumption that the Resources folder contains things like 'AppSounds', 'AppSWFs' etc which are then packaged into the bundle at the same level as the SWF; and AssetPacks would need to contain a folder called LocalData and the files in that folder would then be redirected into the asset pack...

[idzdigital]

I had not added LocalData in Resources. It's working now. Thanks.

[ajwfrost]

Great thanks - yes not 100% clear perhaps, we can add a warning to check whether any assets were actually found/added to an asset pack to make this a little clearer!

[idzdigital]

I am able to load swf but I am not able to load .mp3 file. How do I load it? Can you send me a sample code for the same?

[idzdigital]

@ajwfrost

[ajwfrost]

Is this for an install-time asset? It should be the same i.e. you end up with a byte array containing the mp3 file contents. You can then pass this to Sound.loadCompressedDataFromByteArray()

[idzdigital]

var asset: AssetFile;
var m_pad: PlayAssetDelivery;
var m_sound: Sound;
var swfBytes: ByteArray = new ByteArray();

m_pad = new PlayAssetDelivery();
m_pad.initAssetDelivery();
asset = m_pad.openInstallTimeAsset("trial.mp3");
asset.readBytes(swfBytes);
asset.close();
m_sound = new Sound();
m_sound.loadCompressedDataFromByteArray(swfBytes, asset.bytesAvailable);
m_sound.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onSoundLoaded);
function onSoundLoaded(evt: Event): void {
    m_sound.play();
}

This is the code I have added. But still I am getting the below error Asset file is not valid and cannot be read from

and the line is m_sound.loadCompressedDataFromByteArray(swfBytes, asset.bytesAvailable);

[ajwfrost]

You can't use the AssetFile after you've closed it... so you've got

asset.readBytes(swfBytes);
asset.close();

and then you do

m_sound.loadCompressedDataFromByteArray(swfBytes, asset.bytesAvailable);

but this last call should probably be:

m_sound.loadCompressedDataFromByteArray(swfBytes, swfBytes.length);

or similar..?

[idzdigital]

it worked thanks

[idzdigital]

I am not able to get Event.COMPLETE when loading sound. How do I do that? This is the code I have added

m_sound = new Sound();
m_sound.loadCompressedDataFromByteArray(swfBytes, swfBytes.length);
m_sound.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onSoundLoaded);

[idzdigital]

@ajwfrost

[ajwfrost]

Would you normally get the Event.COMPLETE when loading data synchronously from a byte array? It looks from the documentation as if that event is only related to the load() method... can you just try playing the sound and see if it works?

[idzdigital]

If I use load() then I do get Event.COMPLETE. I am able to play sound from play asset. I want to know if the sound loading is done. How do I do it?

[ajwfrost]

load() is asynchronous, it goes off and does a network request for the file. But loadCompressedDataFromByteArray() is synchronous: immediately that function returns, the sound data will be available and can be played, and you can discard the byte array etc. So it should just work already...

[idzdigital]

it worked thanks