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Titanium : How to find the Private Directory
function privateDocumentsDirectory(){
Ti.API.info('We need to open a file object to get our directory info');
var testFile = Ti.Filesystem.getFile(Ti.Filesystem.applicationDataDirectory);
Ti.API.info('Now we remove the Documents folder reference');
var privateDir = testFile.nativePath.replace('Documents/','');
Ti.API.info('This is our base App Directory =' + privateDir);
Ti.API.info('Now we add the Private Documents Directory');
privateDir+='Library/Private%20Documents/';
Ti.API.info('Our new path is ' + privateDir);
return privateDir;
};
var myDbName = 'foo123';
Ti.API.info('We create a db to test our method')
var testDb = Ti.Database.open(myDbName);
var testNativePath = testDb.getFile().nativePath;
Ti.API.info('Our nativePath to test against is ' + testNativePath + ' this is what we need to end up with');
var privateDocFolder = privateDocumentsDirectory();
Ti.API.info('Our Private Document Folde is ' + privateDocFolder);
Ti.API.info("Let's see if we can find our database");
var dbCheck = Ti.Filesystem.getFile(privateDocFolder, myDbName+ '.sql');
Ti.API.info('Did we find it? ' + dbCheck.exists());
Ti.API.info('Do our file paths match? ' + (dbCheck.nativePath==testNativePath));
Ti.API.info('Example Finished');
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