NativeScript Dropbox

Prerequisites / Requirements

Dropbox User Access token

Installation

From the command prompt go to your app's root folder and execute:

tns plugin add nativescript-dropbox

Demo app

If you want a quickstart, clone the repo, cd src, and npm run demo.ios or npm run demo.android.

API

init

Initiates the dropbox client with given token.

Parameters	Type	Description
`accessToken`	`String`	User Access Token.

var Dropbox = require("nativescript-dropbox");
Dropbox.init("ACCESS_TOKEN");

uploadData

Uploads the data at the given path.

Parameters	Type	Description
`path`	`String`	Dropbox File Path.
`data`	`NSData or java.lang.Byte[]`	Binary data.
`overwrite`	`Boolean`	Overwrites the file if already exists. Defaults to `true`.
`autorename`	`Boolean`	If there’s a conflict, as determined by mode, have the Dropbox server try to autorename the file to avoid conflict. Defaults to `false`.
`mute`	`Boolean`	Normally, users are made aware of any file modifications in their Dropbox account via notifications in the client software. If true, this tells the clients that this modification shouldn’t result in a user notification. Defaults to `false`.

var dropbox = new Dropbox();

dropbox.addEventListener(Dropbox.successEvent, (event: SuccessEventData) => { ... });

dropbox.addEventListener(Dropbox.errorEvent, (event: ErrorEventData) => { ... });

dropbox.addEventListener(Dropbox.progressEvent, (event: ProgressEventData) => { ... });

dropbox.uploadData("/logo.png", knownFolders.currentApp().getFile(path.join("images", "logo.png")).readSync());

createSharedLink

Creates a shared link for the given path.

Parameters	Type	Description
`path`	`String`	Dropbox File Path.

var dropbox = new Dropbox();

dropbox.addEventListener(Dropbox.successEvent, (event: SuccessEventData) => { 
    var url = event.result;
});

dropbox.addEventListener(Dropbox.errorEvent, (event: ErrorEventData) => { ... });

dropbox.createSharedLink("/logo.png");

dispose

Disposes the dropbox client.

Dropbox.dispose();

Known issues on Android

Dropbox SDK requires API Level 19 (Kitkat - 4.4) or above

You might have to modify the minSdkVersion entry in your App_Resources/Android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

<uses-sdk
	android:minSdkVersion="19"
	...

The number of method references in a .dex file cannot exceed 64K.

This can be solved by adding multiDexEnabled true to your app/App_Resources/Android/app.gradle

android {  
  defaultConfig {  
    applicationId = "__PACKAGE__"  
    multiDexEnabled true
    generatedDensities = []
  }  
  aaptOptions {  
    additionalParameters "--no-version-vectors"  
  }  
}