How do you download a file to Android's Downloads folder using Phonegap?

Question

I have successfully downloaded a file to my Android phone using Phonegap\'s File API. I would like to download the file to the Downloads folder on my phone. For example, if

Answer 1

I have created a plugin which downloads file using download manager and shows progress bar along the way

https://github.com/vasani-arpit/cordova-plugin-downloadmanager

//after device is ready
var fail = function (message) {    
   alert(message)
}
var success = function (data) {
   console.log("succes");
}
cordova.plugins.DownloadManager.download("Your URL to download", success, fail);

I hope it helps.

Answer 2

I had the same problem, but I solved it like this:

//if IOS cordova.file.documentsDirectory
window.resolveLocalFileSystemURL(cordova.file.externalDataDirectory, function (fileEntry) {
  var filepath = fileEntry.toURL() + filename;
  var fileTransfer = new FileTransfer();
  console.log('FilePath ' + filepath);
  fileTransfer.download(uri, filepath,
    function (fileEntry) {
      console.log("download complete: " + fileEntry.toURL());
    },
    function (error) {
      console.log("ErrorDownload: " + JSON.stringify(error));
    },
    true,
    {}
  );
});

Answer 3

You can send the file to the download folder by specifying it in the getFile method...

getfile('download/myfile.jpg' ...)

This doesn't trigger the DownloadManager which notifies you when a file has been downloaded. I am still trying to find a solution for having access to the DownloadManager class through phonegap. I have asked this question here How do you download a file to Android's Downloads folder using Phonegap?

Answer 4

Use this plugin: https://github.com/sgrebnov/cordova-plugin-background-download. I use it in my Cordova app and it works fine.