[AC-3083] File.exists on Android always returns true

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	Bug
Priority	n/a
Status	Closed
Resolution	Duplicate
Resolution Date	2011-08-25T16:59:46.000+0000
Affected Version/s	n/a
Fix Version/s	n/a
Components	Titanium SDK & CLI
Labels	android, filesystem, mobile
Reporter	Matthew O'Riordan
Assignee	Tony Guntharp
Created	2011-08-16T05:24:06.000+0000
Updated	2016-03-08T07:48:08.000+0000

Description

The exists() function of the Titanium.Filesystem.File always returns true on Android, even when the file does not actually exist.

var fileDoesNotExist = Titanium.Filesystem.getFile(Titanium.Filesystem.resourcesDirectory, 'this-file-does-not-exist.js');
var fileDoesExist = Titanium.Filesystem.getFile(Titanium.Filesystem.resourcesDirectory, 'app.js');

var label = Titanium.UI.createLabel({
  color: '#FFF'
});
label.text = 'Test presence of file that exists => ' + fileDoesExist.exists() +
  '\nTest presence of file that does not exist => ' + fileDoesNotExist.exists();

var win = Titanium.UI.createWindow({
  backgroundColor: '#000'
});
win.add(label);
win.open();

I have tested this with both Android 2.1.1 and Android 2.3.3, using the latest stable Titanium Mobile SDK 1.7.2

Comments

Matthew O'Riordan 2011-08-16

BTW. I have done some basic tests and this seems to be an issue with 1.7.2, 1.7.3 but not with 1.7.1
Paul Dowsett 2011-08-25

Thanks for the excellent code. I've moved this information to the existing ticket, TIMOB-4469. Cheers
Paul Dowsett 2011-10-07

Closing due to inactivity.

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