App

App is an instance of app module, which provide various functions to interact with app

Methods

app.getPath(name)

• name String

Returns String - A path to a special directory or file associated with name. On failure returns -1

You can request the following paths by the name:

• root root directory (i.e. /system)
• cache cache directory (i.e. /cache)
• data system's data directory (i.e. /data)
• storage internal storage (i.e. /storage/emulated/0)
• alarms storage Alarms directory (i.e. /storage/emulated/0/Alarms)
• dcim storage DCIM directory (i.e. /storage/emulated/0/DCIM)
• downloads storage Download directory (i.e. /storage/emulated/0/Download)
• movies storage Movies directory (i.e. /storage/emulated/0/Movies)
• music storage Music directory (i.e. /storage/emulated/0/Music)
• notifications storage Notifications directory (i.e. /storage/emulated/0/Notifications)
• pictures storage Pictures directory (i.e. /storage/emulated/0/Pictures)
• podcasts storage Podcasts directory (i.e. /storage/emulated/0/Podcasts)
• ringtones storage Rongtones directory (i.e. /storage/emulated/0/Ringtones)
• appData application data directory (i.e. /data/data/package/files)
• userData application user directory (i.e. /storage/sdcard0/Android/data/package/files)

An example of above code:

let path = app.getPath('userData');
console.log(path);

app.loadURL(url)

• url URL

Loads the url in the android webview, the url must contain the protocol prefix, e.g. the http:// or file://.

An example of above code:

app.loadURL('https://google.com');

app.reload()

Reloads the android webview.

An example of above code:

app.reload();

app.setDefaultFontSize(fontSize)

• fontSize Int

Sets the given fontSize as default fontSize for the webview, still it can be overridden through CSS incase required.

An example of above code:

app.setDefaultFontSize(20);