AnkiDroid API how can i add cards with sound?

[snailp4el]

Reproduction Steps

I am creating an android application and i need add some cards with sound. I use AnkiDroid API to do this. In example i did not find out how to do it.

Expected Result

Please can you give some example.

Actual Result

Debug info

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Research

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[timrae]

You'd have to make a proposal to extend the API to accept to media, reach an agreement with us on the details, and then implement it and submit a PR.

[snailp4el]

You'd have to make a proposal to extend the API to accept to media, reach an agreement with us on the details, and then implement it and submit a PR.

how can i do it?

[mikehardy]

Think of the API you'd want that the CardContentProvider doesn't have (or maybe we need a MediaProvider to manipulate media then you just reference it using standard CardContentProvider API?). Submit that here for review and we hopefully agree it sounds good. Start implementing it on your github fork and we move from there?

[snailp4el]

Think of the API you'd want that the CardContentProvider doesn't have (or maybe we need a MediaProvider to manipulate media then you just reference it using standard CardContentProvider API?). Submit that here for review and we hopefully agree it sounds good. Start implementing it on your github fork and we move from there?

I afraid to say something stupid). I understand that i can just send audio file to External storage and create link for this file. But i don't know how to send this file proper way.

[mikehardy]

Hey - no worries on asking silly questions or proposing things that don't work. I'm currently the king of that here, but I can handle a partner ;-)

As far as I know there is simply no "proper way" in existence right now, to store media in the Anki collection via published APIs.

If you tried to use external storage privileges to just drop the file in the directory that would work mostly, but it is possible for people to change the AnkiDroid collection storage directory. I bet it is rare, but it is possible. So that will fail sometimes.

I am also not sure whether AnkiDroid would correctly detect the change (new file in filesystem) or not - that would need testing.

If you wanted to do the slightly improper but fast way of storing the file by filesystem commands then at minimum you would want an API to get the directory, and you'd want to test that AnkiDroid synced the new media file to Ankiweb correctly.

I think the "proper" way to do it would be to have a "storeMedia" API in the CardContentProvider (or similar) where you sent the data to the AnkiDroid API via an Android ContentProvider and AnkiDroid added it programmatically.

I hope this helps?

[snailp4el]

Thank you for a hint.
I solved it this way.
May by it is not good solution but it works fine.

public ArrayList getExternalFolderPath(String folderName){

    ArrayList<String> arrayList = new ArrayList<>();

    //get all storages in phone
    File externalStorages[] = getExternalFilesDirs(null);

    for (File es: externalStorages){
        String exF = es.toString();

        //cut out what don't need
        exF = exF.split("/Android/data")[0];

        File file = new File(exF);
        File[] files = file.listFiles();
        for (File f: files){
            Log.i(TAG, "getAnkiExternalFolder()" + f.toString());
            //add in array the path
            if(f.toString().contains(folderName)){
                arrayList.add(f.toString());
            }
        }
    }
    return arrayList;
}