Need app which can access USB flash or MicroSD card.

[cmchen6585]

There is a app called Explorer which can access SD card, but the app can't install on APC FFOS.

[ferndot]

I am assuming that this app will be a file browser that uses deviceStorage and comes pre-installed. Is that correct?

[moskovich]

We hope so. Do you know of anything existing that works well?

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Sean

On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:32 AM, Joshua Smith notifications@github.com wrote:

I am assuming that this app will be a file browser that uses deviceStorage, and come pre-installed. Is that correct?

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/apc-io/apc-firefox-os/issues/17#issuecomment-23507461

[ferndot]

I was actually working on one for my startup @Codexa, let me commit the changes...

[moskovich]

Awesome!

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Sean

On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Joshua Smith notifications@github.com wrote:

I was actually working on one for my startup @Codexa, let me commit the changes...

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/apc-io/apc-firefox-os/issues/17#issuecomment-23555797

[ferndot]

Try https://github.com/Codexa/Prospector. It is bare bones right now (only displays files), but I am adding features.

[moskovich]

We'll have a build with this integrated next week. Probably towards the end of the week.

[ntlc]

Hi Joshua,

We're integrating this app into our build, however we're encountering this problem:

Latest commit of Prospector (Get Pictures storage) : works Ok on emulator but shows nothing on device. However, commit 26e59b7c64915680dbb141aca6137ce2a0119042 does show the content of SD Card on device.

Any idea? Tks.

[ferndot]

I know this sounds a little dumb, but could you please put alert(FILES); at the end of the io.enumerate() function, and tell me what it says, and what files are on your device?

I just need to know if the io code is messed up, or if it is a problem with display. I will test this myself as soon as I get my microSD to boot from.

[ntlc]

We might have found the cause. This is because (at least with 8950), after calling: storage = navigator.getDeviceStorage('sdcard');

the virtual root (/) corresponds to /sdcard as physical path. Current code is missing this conversion.

I'm pasting here the patch, which works for us. Pls check.

diff --git a/scripts/io.js b/scripts/io.js
index fcf9c80..01bc705 100644
--- a/scripts/io.js
+++ b/scripts/io.js
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ io.enumerate = function (directory, callback) {

     // Put directory in proper form
     if (directory.length > 1 && directory[0] == '/') {
-      directory = directory.slice(1);
+   //This cause error in our custom device.
+      //directory = directory.slice(1);
     }
     if (directory[directory.length - 1] != '/') {
       directory = (directory + '/');
@@ -106,6 +107,11 @@ io.enumerate = function (directory, callback) {
           return;        
         }

+   //Fix for custom device
+   if (directory == '/') {
+          directory = '/sdcard/';
+   }
+
         // Only get files in the current folder
         if (thisFile[0] != directory) {          
           // Split directory into current directory and folder
@@ -117,7 +123,12 @@ io.enumerate = function (directory, callback) {
             thisFile[1] = thisFile[0];
             thisFile[0] = directory;
           }
+

+     //TungBS: added this to fix error
+     if (thisFile[1].length > 1 && thisFile[1][0] == '/') {
+       thisFile[1] = thisFile[1].slice(1);
+     }
           // Remove descendants of descendants
           while (thisFile[1].contains('/')) {
             thisFile[1] = thisFile[1].substring(0, thisFile[1].lastIndexOf('/'));
-- 
1.8.2.3

[ferndot]

Looks good, although I am not pushing it to the main repo at this time because it only works on APC. I am working with some gaia people to standardize things like internal URIs and Web Activities, so soon this won't be an issue. (Sorry about all the delays, really busy with school right now).

[ntlc]

Prospector integrated to our build as it is at the current state and that together with our patch. Update can be made later naturally.

[ferndot]

What version of FFOS does APC Run? Also, are the latest builds of Prospector working for you?

[ntlc]

Sorry, this takes longer than expected. We're in the process of moving to the branches of gecko/gaia as recommended by Mozilla and fixing things broken after moving. Will test Prospector after that. Do you have an 8950 ? If so we can send you the latest image (before the move) if you want to test yourself.

[ferndot]

@ntlc I have a Paper. It would be really nice of you to send the image as I can't build it (need an iDeveloper ID to get the missing SDKs).

[ferndot]

You can now run Prospector straight from the main repository! No need for the custom one anymore :)

[trungnt]

Thank @Joshua-S, actually we already use your repo instead of our custom one from the previous release :)