Networking 2.0

Networking 2.0

Starting with build 2013.1043, on iOS, Android, Mac and Windows, we are rolling out new functionality within our network api. Network functions like download, request have been enhanced with new functionality. Check out our daily API docs under network and events under networkRequest here, to see how to do things like upload text files in a single call, view bytes transferred and more…

Also, please note that there are a few new functional changes that aren’t backwards compatible. As you can see in the code example below, event responses are now tables which include fileName and baseDirectory. Be careful to ensure that you treat event.response as a table now instead of a string

Here is a simple example of how to use the new event.response table information.

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8 Comments
  • Joe
    Posted at 12:32h, 06 March

    Great news, especially viewing bytes transferred.

    • sq2
      Posted at 15:57h, 06 March

      Is event.bytesTransferred actually progress though? Does it work in the simulator? My quick tests suggest this isn’t the case.

  • Mustafa
    Posted at 05:08h, 07 March

    Great updates, just on time!

  • Perry
    Posted at 13:37h, 08 March

    One known bug at the moment (daily build 2013.1043) is that network error messages are not showing in Windows XP. We’re looking into it.

  • Bryan
    Posted at 12:12h, 18 March

    Thanks for the comments! It’s worth noting that we have extended the message support under Windows XP and we have resolved several small behavioral differences on iOS and Android in the latest daily build.

  • sq2
    Posted at 14:57h, 21 March

    Is this in stable builds yet?

  • Nevin Flanagan
    Posted at 22:23h, 23 March

    Apparently, event.response is still a string when the call did not specify a file to store the transfer in.

  • Paulo
    Posted at 15:46h, 15 April

    Is it compatible with older versions of Android?
    I have tested successfully with Kindle (Android 2.3.4), but it fails with Android 2.3.5 (return status -1).