Napp Download Manager

Notice

THIS IS WORK IN PROGRESS. HELP OUT IMPROVE IT

The Mission: Create a common way for Ti apps to download multiple files in a background thread. The more work the module can do - the better. We do not want to spam the JS thread with too much info. e.g. if you use the event "progress" you keep spamming the JS thread - hence not really getting anything out of threading.

Description

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

Accessing the module

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.

Reference

Network Types Constants

NappDownloadManager.NETWORK_TYPE_WIFI
NappDownloadManager.NETWORK_TYPE_MOBILE
NappDownloadManager.NETWORK_TYPE_ANY

Priority Constants

NappDownloadManager.DOWNLOAD_PRIORITY_LOW
NappDownloadManager.DOWNLOAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL
NappDownloadManager.DOWNLOAD_PRIORITY_HIGH

Events

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

handleEvent for started will have a reason property with either 'start' or 'resume'

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;
}

maximumSimultaneousDownloads

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

permittedNetworkTypes

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

addDownload

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!

stopDownloader

NappDownloadManager.stopDownloader();

restartDownloader

NappDownloadManager.restartDownloader();

pauseAll

NappDownloadManager.pauseAll();

pauseItem

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

resumeAll

NappDownloadManager.resumeAll();

resumeItem

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

cancelItem

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

deleteItem

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

getDownloadInfo

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

getAllDownloadInfo

NappDownloadManager.getAllDownloadInfo();

Usage

var NappDownloadManager = require('dk.napp.downloadmanager');
NappDownloadManager.permittedNetworkTypes = NappDownloadManager.NETWORK_TYPE_ANY;
NappDownloadManager.maximumSimultaneousDownloads = 4;
NappDownloadManager.addEventListener('progress', function(e) {
    var progress = e.downloadedBytes * 100.0 / e.totalBytes;
    var text = e.downloadedBytes + '/' + e.totalBytes + ' ' + Math.round(progress)+ '% ' +  e.bps + ' bps';	
});

NappDownloadManager.addDownload({name: 'name 1', url:URL1, filePath:file1.nativePath, priority: NappDownloadManager.DOWNLOAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL});
NappDownloadManager.addDownload({name: 'name 2', url:URL2, filePath:file2.nativePath, priority: NappDownloadManager.DOWNLOAD_PRIORITY_LOW});
NappDownloadManager.addDownload({name: 'name 3', url:URL3, filePath:file3.nativePath, priority: NappDownloadManager.DOWNLOAD_PRIORITY_HIGH});
NappDownloadManager.addDownload({name: 'name 4', url:URL4, filePath:file4.nativePath, priority: NappDownloadManager.DOWNLOAD_PRIORITY_LOW});

Author

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

Original work by Kevin Willford

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2010-2014 Mads Møller

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