Get a file from PhotoGallery and copy it to your directory in your project resources in Titanium(iPhone or ANDROID).

By | May 3, 2011
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This example opens the photogallery and then when you select a file from it , it will be copied to your resources directory.
First manually create a directory in your resources, here the directory is named “mydirectory”.
Call this functiion inside a button click or something

var directory = "mydirectory"
 Titanium.Media.openPhotoGallery({
    success:function(event)
    {
        var cropRect = event.cropRect;
        var image = event.media;
        var mime_type = image.mimeType;     // Getting the file type.....
        var arr = Array();
        arr = mime_type.split('/');
        var image_type = arr[1];
        if(event.mediaType == Ti.Media.MEDIA_TYPE_PHOTO)
        {
            var image_name = "My_img""."+arr[1];
            Ti.API.info(image_name);
            var filename = Titanium.Filesystem.resourcesDirectory +  directory + image_name;
            var bgImage = Titanium.Filesystem.getFile(filename);
            bgImage.write(image);                   //write the image binary to new image file.
    },
    cancel:function()
    {   Ti.API.info(' Cancelled ');     },
    error:function(error)
    {   Ti.API.info(' An error occurred!! ');       },
    allowEditing:true,
    mediaTypes:[Ti.Media.MEDIA_TYPE_PHOTO]
});

Now after running this code check the directory you have created.

If you want to delete the image use this

var file = Titanium.Filesystem.getFile(Titanium.Filesystem.resourcesDirectory+"/"+directory +"/"+My_img.png);
file.deleteFile();

Note: Change it to appropriate file extension.

If you want to list all the files inside the directory use this code…

var my_dir = Titanium.Filesystem.getFile(Titanium.Filesystem.resourcesDirectory+"/"+directory+"/");
        var files = my_dir.getDirectoryListing().toString();
        Ti.API.info('directoryListing = ' + files);
        var files_array = Array();
        files_array = gal_files.split(',');
        var num_of_files = files_array.length;

If you want to delete a directory Use this

var my_dir= Titanium.Filesystem.getFile(Titanium.Filesystem.resourcesDirectory+"/"+directory+"/");
        if(my_dir.exists()){
            var files = gal_dir.getDirectoryListing().toString();
            var files_array = Array();
            files_array = gal_files1.split(',');
            var num_of_files = gal_files_array1.length;
 
            for(var j = 0; j < num_of_files ; j++){
                var file1 = Titanium.Filesystem.getFile(Titanium.Filesystem.resourcesDirectory+"/"+directory+"/"+files_array[j]);
                file1.deleteFile();
            }
            my_dir.deleteDirectory();
        }

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2 thoughts on “Get a file from PhotoGallery and copy it to your directory in your project resources in Titanium(iPhone or ANDROID).”

  1. Ammar

    Snippet 1 not working for me.

    Titanium SDK = 2.1.1
    Host OS = Mac OS X 10.6.8
    Mobile platform = iOS 5

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