[upasana]

I have an anchor tag

<a download="temp.csv" id="temp" href="">Download Temp</a>

I am using a javascript function to populate the href value

the function is like

 $('#temp').attr('href','data:application/webcsv;charset=utf8,' + encodeURIComponent(csvData));

This works fine on pc browsers. But not working on mobile browser.

What i am doing is create a csv file dynamically and want it download it to some location.

Thanks.

[support-michael]

@upasana

>But not working on mobile browser.

0) what desktop browsers are you referring to?

1) Which mobile browser(s) are you referring?

Do a google on the specific browser and ensure that it understands mimetypes of application/webcsv.

[upasana]

I have tested the code on

1. pc web browsers : a. chrome, b. firefox. c.safari
2. in mobile web browsers : chrome – not working
3. i have also tried creating a native application for android. And it was not working.

The app is going to be a native application. So is there a provision to save files, maybe to a fixed folder.

[support-michael]

@upasana

Thanks for the browser info. Mobile browsers do not naturally support explicit file download.
Since you are developing a native application, an alternative approach is to fetch the file(s) directly and save to disk using the Cordova/PhoneGap api.

Note: that the Test Center does not simulate the cordova api so you have to test from a native app.

See the Cordova/PhoneGap api here
http://docs.phonegap.com/en/2.2.0/

Here are a couple of examples (google can find you many more):
http://blog.safaribooksonline.com/2012/02/29/phonegap-storing-and-retrieving-with-the-filesystem/

https://gist.github.com/1904992

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