Create a file in TideSDK

Question

I am creating an application with TideSDK and will need to create files for the projects. However I cannot find any way to create a file. On the API docs I saw the function createDirectory(). Will that create a file? If not, what will?

Or am I going about this the wrong way? Should I be storing the data for the projects in an SQLite database? I'm lost, please help.

PS. If anyone knows a good tutorial on the Filesystem in TideSDK that would be extremely helpful.

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 18 '13 at 01:50

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//Doesnt have to exist yet.
var fileHandle = Ti.Filesystem.getFile('/path/to/file');
fileHandle.write('data');

You can see a real-world usage example here:

https://github.com/meeech/Shopify-Theme-Tool/blob/tidesdk-1.3/Resources/js/io.js#L101-L119

answered Feb 18 '13 at 01:50

meeech

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This is deprecated! Reason: The method has been superseded by Filestream.write() version: 1.1.0 – dude Jun 16 '15 at 14:03

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 17 '15 at 09:17

The answer from @meeech is deprecated because the method has been superseded by Filestream.write() version: 1.1.0. This should now be done with:

var tmpFile = Ti.Filesystem.createTempFile();
var stream = Ti.Filesystem.getFileStream(tmpFile);
stream.open(Ti.Filesystem.MODE_WRITE);
stream.write("YOUR DATA");
stream.close();

Create a file in TideSDK

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