[DISCONTINUED] Extension to download a file to ASD (app-specific directory) without WRITE permission

Anke · October 13, 2022, 5:43pm

With which aia? Please post it (again).

Anke · October 13, 2022, 5:47pm

Juan_Antonio · October 13, 2022, 5:49pm

The file is not overwritten, when we download files and assign the same name they are saved as
photo.png
photo-1.png
photo-2.png
photo-3.png
...

Juan_Antonio · October 13, 2022, 5:59pm

This compiles correctly , maybe the problem occurred when updating the extension.

Anke · October 13, 2022, 6:15pm

Yes, I think so, too.

The easiest and fastest way is to open the aia with WinRAR / 7Zip and replace the old extension with the new (current) one.

Anke · October 13, 2022, 6:17pm

Yes, that is known. Download only if the file does not exist (or remove the file beforehand).

Anke · October 13, 2022, 6:21pm

I get the same on my Galaxy Note8 (Android 9) because ...

ChrisWard · October 13, 2022, 6:28pm

Yeah - false positive. There must be something, even a word, that tips the balance. Unfortunately it is not possible to digitally sign an extension - maybe MIT can make that happen.

Anke · October 13, 2022, 10:10pm

BTW, the Image component incorrectly requests READ permission on Android < 11 for the ASD as well. I'll open a new topic and report this bug (maybe I've done this before... ).

As @Taifun suggested some time ago, all bugs should be listed in a → bug tracker so we don't lose track. Ideally, it should also be noted there when the respective bugs were fixed. I found so many bugs in the last month/years that I can't remember every single one (with AI2, Kodular, Niotron, ...).

ChrisWard · October 13, 2022, 11:19pm

Taifun is 100% right.

I think your extension is actually the very first one to trigger an AV alarm on more than one device! Should not rule out the possibility of the file being compromised on the Server or during download.

We would know if something of that ilk was wrong if the file had a finger print, a SHA256 checksum that Users can check after download (via the command window of Windows or Linux). I've popped that suggestion on the Power Users forum.

ChrisWard · October 13, 2022, 11:46pm

The extension works here if I create a sub-folder in the ASD.

Anke · October 14, 2022, 12:45am

Ok, thanks for the hint to Github @Taifun.

I found this bug here:

But I don't want to wade through nearly 400 issues (links) on Github. The (open) bugs should be listed here in the forum (IMO).

ChrisWard · October 14, 2022, 10:08am

Yes.

Anke · October 14, 2022, 10:37am

I built the same app on Niotron and there is no issue with this virus "Evo-gen".
So it seems to be an AI2 problem.

Blocks

ChrisWard · October 14, 2022, 10:54am

Definitely related to AI2 (could try Kodular too?) but currently this is the only extension with an AV issue.

Anke · October 14, 2022, 11:00am

ChrisWard · October 14, 2022, 11:16am

Virus Total - AI2

Virus Total - Niotron

ChrisWard · October 14, 2022, 5:31pm

Identical code using extension v2 (2020-11-01) does not trigger a virus warning.

Josue_Miguel · October 15, 2022, 1:36am

Buenas noches a todos. Esta extensión me parece muy buena. Apenas estoy empezando con Inventor y probé esta extensión para descargar un archivo csv desde Google drive, sin embargo veo no descarga este tipo de archivos CSV que es diferente a un txt.
Por otro lado veo que no sobreescribe sino va agregando un nro en secuencia a cada archivo.
Hay alguna forma de poder importar CSV y sobreescriba los archivos?

ChrisWard · October 15, 2022, 1:58am

Hello Joshua

This extension does download CSV files. Given that the files are stored in the ASD, your App can delete redundant/old files before downloading new ones.