I can't read level.dat on Android device.

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halley

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Posted: 25th Sep 2012 11:26

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in iOS and windows, I can use file functions to write or read files. but I can't on Android device. how should I do it?

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halley

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Posted: 25th Sep 2012 11:51

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I put level files on Image folder, then the problem was solved. That's all. another question, I want to use different folder to contain different kinds of resources, such as images, sounds and musics. what need I do ? I only know agk::SetCurrentDir(), but it only can set one folder.

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Posted: 25th Sep 2012 16:59

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Make your subdirectories under the assets/media one (assuming you are starting with that) and then use explicit path names in your file opening/closing. e.g.

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ldimg = agk::LoadImage("/media/somesub/somefile.png");

In Tier 2 you don't have to use a media directory, all your media goes in the same directory as the app: Final for Windows, assets for Android and where you decide in your Xcode project.

I still use the media directory in my Tier 2 just for consistency and so that I can separate the media from the executable.

I've not had good experiences with the directory functions, so I avoid using them. I haven't tested them in Tier 2, but in Tier 1 the SetCurrentDir command kept creating strange path combinations (media/media/media) in my Documents directory (under AGK/<myproj>

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Cliff Mellangard 3DEGS

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Posted: 28th Sep 2012 08:29

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I do it like ancient lady and it works all the time.

Keep in mind also to only use small letters a,b,c,d and not A,B,C,D.

Android is case sensetive in many ways.

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Ancient Lady

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Posted: 28th Sep 2012 16:47

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I have worked with the directory commands a little now.

If you look at my tests in this thread, you can see some of the results of what I found out.

Linux based OSs, like Android, are definitely case sensitive about directories and file names. You can have two files named 'This.txt' and 'this.txt' in the same directory. Something you cannot do in Windows.

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Quote: "ldimg = agk::LoadImage("/media/somesub/somefile.png");"

The command work also for me but in t2 on android i use tinyxml to read the file we made with the map editor, "tiled" the tinyxml use the fopen and also if i try a simple fopen of a file i get error because the fopen seem to not found the file in the correct place.

How i can get the correct position of the file ? my files are all in asset/Media for the gfx and asset/ for the xml files

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