Ubuntu.DownloadManager.Metadata

Provides additional properties for downloads More...

Properties

• custom : array
• extract : bool
• showInIndicator : bool
• title : string

Detailed Description

Metadata provides the ability to set a number of special properties on a SingleDownload, e.g. to display a download in the transfer indicator, or automatically extract a download of a zip file upon completion.

Example usage:

import QtQuick 2.0
import Ubuntu.Components 1.2
import Ubuntu.DownloadManager 1.2
Rectangle {
width: units.gu(100)
height: units.gu(20)
TextField {
id: text
placeholderText: "File URL to download..."
height: 50
anchors {
left: parent.left
right: button.left
rightMargin: units.gu(2)
}
}
Button {
id: button
text: "Download"
height: 50
anchors.right: parent.right
onClicked: {
single.download(text.text);
}
}
ProgressBar {
minimumValue: 0
maximumValue: 100
value: single.progress
anchors {
left: parent.left
right: parent.right
bottom: parent.bottom
}
SingleDownload {
id: single
metadata: Metadata {
showInIndicator: true
title: "Example download"
}
}
}
}

See also DownloadManager.

Property Documentation

Metadata specific to your application that you wish to associate with this download. This metadata will persist across application restarts.

When set to True the download manager will attempt to automatically extract zip files when the download finishes. This property defaults to False.

Specifies whether this download should be displayed in the transfers indicator, defaults to False.

This sets the name to display in the transfer indicator for this download, this property is only used if showInIndicator is True.