Loading resources from server and storing them locally

Hi

You have to use the URLLoader. I've only tried this with images but it should work for swf's as well.

Something like this;

var loadUrl:String = "http://logowik.com/uploads/images/438_adobeair.jpg"

var fileName:String = "test.jpg"; // output file.

var loader:URLLoader= new URLLoader();

loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.BINARY;

loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, fileLoadComplete);

var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest (loadUrl);       

loader.load (req);

function fileLoadComplete(e:Event):void {

     var dataContent:ByteArray = e.target.data;

     // save the file in the application Directory  (It might be better to save it in the temp directory )

     var f:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath (fileName);

     var fs:FileStream = new FileStream();

     fs.open(f, FileMode.WRITE)

     fs.writeBytes(dataContent);

     fs.close();

}

Then load the image (or swf) as you do from the web.(Loader)

var f:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath (fileName);

Then use f.url as the url.