what should I do to overwrite my embed file (AIR app)

[Stephdidou]

Hi,

I've got an AIR map that displays the tides.

The tides are in an xml file that I embed to my apk or ipa like this :

I'd like to have the possibility to overwrite this file. Problem : I don't know if AIR allows me to write or overwrite anything in the app directory.

I've tried this :

function startDownload():void{
var urlString:String = "http://mywebsite/horaires3.xml";
var urlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(urlString);
var urlStream:URLStream = new URLStream();
var fileData:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
urlStream.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaded);
urlStream.load(urlReq);


function loaded(event:Event):void {
urlStream.readBytes(fileData, 0, urlStream.bytesAvailable);
writeFile();
}

function writeFile():void {
var file:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("horaires3.xml");
var fileStream:FileStream = new FileStream()
fileStream.open(file, FileMode.WRITE);
    urlRemote_txt.text = file.url;
fileStream.writeBytes(fileData, 0, fileData.length);
fileStream.close();
trace("The AIR file is written.");
}

}

The new xml file is downloaded, no errors, but it doesn't seems to replace the original xml of the app..

link of the downloaded xml = app-storage:/horaires3.xml

link of the original xml = horaires3.xml

So, what do you suggest me to do ?

Is there a way to overwrite it ?

[Colin Holgate]

Pretty sure you can't on iOS, and possibly not an Android either. The normal approach would be to copy the file to the application's storage directory. Read this article:

File - Adobe ActionScript® 3 (AS3 ) API Reference

but there isn't an exact example for what you need. It's the middle of the night for me at the moment, but I have had to do something similar. If you can't work it out I'll try to find some of my code in the morning.

[Stephdidou]

Ok Thx. I'll try it tomorrow (night for me too)

I'll let you know