Script Notify for ms-appdata

Question

I want to notify my web view from button in html file and trigger the javascript:

function notify(str) {
    window.external.notify(str);
}

The event captured using wv_ScriptNotify(..., ...):

void wv_ScriptNotify(object sender, NotifyEventArgs e)
{
    Color c=Colors.Red;
    if (e.CallingUri.Scheme =="ms-appx-web" || e.CallingUri.Scheme == "ms-appdata")
    {
        if (e.Value.ToLower() == "blue") c = Colors.Blue;
        else if (e.Value.ToLower() == "green") c = Colors.Green;
    }
    appendLog(string.Format("Response from script at '{0}': '{1}'", e.CallingUri, e.Value), c);
}

I set the html file on ms-appx-web and it running well, and I realize that the html file must be store into local folder. So I change the ms-appx-web:///.../index.html to ms-appdata:///local/.../index.html.

Already search in microsoft forum and get this. On that thread there is a solution using resolver, but I'm still confusing, how can it notify from javascript like using window.external.notify? And what kind of event in C# side that will capture the "notify" from javascript other than "ScriptNotify"?

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Update

There is a solution from here, example using the resolver and it said to use ms-local-stream:// rather than using ms-appdata://local so I can still use the ScriptNotify event. But unfortunately the example using the ms-appx that means using the InstalledLocation not the LocalFolder.

Trying to googling and search in msdn site for the documentation for ms-local-stream but the only documentation is just the format of ms-local-stream without any example like this ms-local-stream://appname_KEY/folder/file.

Based from that documentation, I made some sample to try it:

public sealed class StreamUriWinRTResolver : IUriToStreamResolver
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The entry point for resolving a Uri to a stream.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="uri"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public IAsyncOperation<IInputStream> UriToStreamAsync(Uri uri)
    {
        if (uri == null)
        {
            throw new Exception();
        }
        string path = uri.AbsolutePath;
        // Because of the signature of this method, it can't use await, so we 
        // call into a separate helper method that can use the C# await pattern.
        return getContent(path).AsAsyncOperation();
    }
    /// <summary>
    /// Helper that maps the path to package content and resolves the Uri
    /// Uses the C# await pattern to coordinate async operations
    /// </summary>
    private async Task<IInputStream> getContent(string path)
    {
        // We use a package folder as the source, but the same principle should apply
        // when supplying content from other locations
        try
        {
            // My package name is "WebViewResolver"
            // The KEY is "MyTag"
            string scheme = "ms-local-stream:///WebViewResolver_MyTag/local/MyFolderOnLocal" + path; // Invalid path
            // string scheme = "ms-local-stream:///WebViewResolver_MyTag/MyFolderOnLocal" + path; // Invalid path

            Uri localUri = new Uri(scheme);
            StorageFile f = await StorageFile.GetFileFromApplicationUriAsync(localUri);
            IRandomAccessStream stream = await f.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.Read);
            return stream.GetInputStreamAt(0);
        }
        catch (Exception) { throw new Exception("Invalid path"); }
    }
}

And inside my MainPage.xaml.cs:

protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
{
    // The 'Host' part of the URI for the ms-local-stream protocol needs to be a combination of the package name
    // and an application-defined key, which identifies the specific resolver, in this case 'MyTag'.

    Uri url = wv.BuildLocalStreamUri("MyTag", "index.html");
    StreamUriWinRTResolver myResolver = new StreamUriWinRTResolver();

    // Pass the resolver object to the navigate call.
    wv.NavigateToLocalStreamUri(url, myResolver);
}

It always get the exception when it reach the StorageFile f = await StorageFile.GetFileFromApplicationUriAsync(localUri); line.

If anybody ever got this problem and already solved it, please advise.

Answer 1

After debugging it, I found something interesting, the BuildLocalStreamUri part is already make the ms-local-stream automatically.

I made some changes on the getContent method inside StreamUriWinRTResolver class:

public sealed class StreamUriWinRTResolver : IUriToStreamResolver
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The entry point for resolving a Uri to a stream.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="uri"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public IAsyncOperation<IInputStream> UriToStreamAsync(Uri uri)
    {
        if (uri == null)
        {
            throw new Exception();
        }
        string path = uri.AbsolutePath;
        // Because of the signature of this method, it can't use await, so we 
        // call into a separate helper method that can use the C# await pattern.
        return getContent(path).AsAsyncOperation();
    }
    /// <summary>
    /// Helper that maps the path to package content and resolves the Uri
    /// Uses the C# await pattern to coordinate async operations
    /// </summary>
    private async Task<IInputStream> getContent(string path)
    {
        // We use a package folder as the source, but the same principle should apply
        // when supplying content from other locations
        try
        {
            // Don't use "ms-appdata:///" on the scheme string, because inside the path
            // will contain "/local/MyFolderOnLocal/index.html"
            string scheme = "ms-appdata://" + path;

            Uri localUri = new Uri(scheme);
            StorageFile f = await StorageFile.GetFileFromApplicationUriAsync(localUri);
            IRandomAccessStream stream = await f.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.Read);
            return stream.GetInputStreamAt(0);
        }
        catch (Exception) { throw new Exception("Invalid path"); }
    }
}

Change the file path on the MainPage.xaml.cs:

protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
{
    // The 'Host' part of the URI for the ms-local-stream protocol needs to be a combination of the package name
    // and an application-defined key, which identifies the specific resolver, in this case 'MyTag'.

    Uri url = wv.BuildLocalStreamUri("MyTag", "/local/MyFolderOnLocal/index.html");
    StreamUriWinRTResolver myResolver = new StreamUriWinRTResolver();

    // Pass the resolver object to the navigate call.
    wv.NavigateToLocalStreamUri(url, myResolver);
    wv.ScriptNotify += wv_ScriptNotify;
}

protected override void wv_ScriptNotify(object sender, NavigationEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.CallingUri.Scheme == "ms-local-stream")
    {
        // Do your work here...
    }
}