Import and Export a data file to a mobile app?

[DR White]

Ho do I Import and Export a data file to an iOS and Android mobile app?

Thanks,

David

[glenn9]

Hi David,

is this of help? viewtopic.php?f=7&t=35355

Kind regards,

Glenn

[glenn9]

Also this? viewtopic.php?f=7&t=35926

[DR White]

I still don't understand how to take a data file that was created on my phone app and export it using email (i know how to use email as part of my app).
Also, I still don't understand how to import a data file that was an attachment to an email received on my phone.

Thanks

[Mikey]

Is email an important part of this workflow, or are you just trying to get a data file to and from your phone?

[DR White]

Yes. I would like to save a data file from my phone app to a desktop using email. And then, if I loose my data file on my phone app, I want to be able to import the file from my desktop using email.

[Mikey]

I can't help with moving it via email, because we don't do it that way.
We typically do file transfers using dropbox.

[DR White]

ok let's use dropbox.

How do we do it?

[Mikey]

LC has a dropbox library. The commands and functions are in the dictionary. When you are building your app, you make sure that it is in the inclusions.
You can use the library on your mobe and your desktop/server for exchanging files.
There are a bunch of examples floating around. There are probably lessons, and there are forum and Use list threads to check out.
I'm sure that there are also multiple wrapper libraries to take it to an even higher level.
If you have the LCG videos from a couple of years ago I'm pretty sure I did a session on using it (if I didn't, then please pretend I didn't just type that).
You have to go into the dropbox portal to generate an app key. Then you or your user(s) will have to authenticate your app's use of the dropbox account.
There are several/many of us that are using and doing this, so you should have no shortage of help as you get further along.

[DR White]

I searched for lessons on using dropbox and looked in the dictionary. I didn't find enough info for someone who has never implemented dropbox in an app. Maybe someone can share a simple example. Maybe it is too difficult for a novice programmer.

Thanks,

David

[stam]

Alternatively have a look at https://liveCloud.io
fairly simple to implement and there is a free tier for testing (and if you don't have a large amount of data you could just stick to that) and reasonable prices for higher capacity...