feat(utils): work openFile in simulator (#8495)

* feat: open file in iOS simulator

* feat: added isRealDevice util

* feat: have in mind isRealDevice in utils.openFile

refactor to avoid some circular dependencies

Co-authored-by: Vasil Trifonov <v.trifonov@gmail.com>

nativescript-core/utils/native-helper.android.ts

@@ -153,4 +153,10 @@ export module ad {
             return result;
         }
     }
+
+    export function isRealDevice(): boolean {
+        const fingerprint = android.os.Build.FINGERPRINT;
+
+        return fingerprint != null && (fingerprint.indexOf("vbox") > -1 || fingerprint.indexOf("generic") > -1);
+    }
 }

nativescript-core/utils/native-helper.d.ts

@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ export module ad {
          */
         export function getPaletteColor(name: string, context: any /* android.content.Context */): number;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the application is running on real device and not on emulator.
+     */
+    export function isRealDevice(): boolean;
 }
 /**
  * Module with ios specific utilities.
@@ -156,7 +161,7 @@ export module ios {
     export function getVisibleViewController(rootViewController: any/* UIViewController*/): any/* UIViewController*/;
 
     /**
-     * 
+     *
      * @param transform Applies a rotation transform over X,Y and Z axis
      * @param x Rotation over X axis in degrees
      * @param y Rotation over Y axis in degrees
@@ -165,4 +170,9 @@ export module ios {
     export function applyRotateTransform(transform: any /* CATransform3D*/, x: number, y: number, z: number): any /* CATransform3D*/;
 
     export class UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegateImpl { }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the application is running on real device and not on simulator.
+     */
+    export function isRealDevice(): boolean;
 }

nativescript-core/utils/native-helper.ios.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import {
     write as traceWrite
 } from "../trace";
 
+declare var UIImagePickerControllerSourceType: any;
+
 const radToDeg = Math.PI / 180;
 
 function isOrientationLandscape(orientation: number) {
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ function isOrientationLandscape(orientation: number) {
 function openFileAtRootModule(filePath: string): boolean {
     try {
         const appPath = ios.getCurrentAppPath();
-        const path = filePath.replace("~", appPath);
+        let path = ios.isRealDevice() ? filePath.replace("~", appPath) : filePath;
 
         const controller = UIDocumentInteractionController.interactionControllerWithURL(NSURL.fileURLWithPath(path));
         controller.delegate = new ios.UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegateImpl();
@@ -153,4 +155,16 @@ export module ios {
             return this.getViewController().view.frame;
         }
     }
+
+    export function isRealDevice() {
+        try {
+            // https://stackoverflow.com/a/5093092/4936697
+            const sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceType.UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
+            const mediaTypes = UIImagePickerController.availableMediaTypesForSourceType(sourceType);
+
+            return mediaTypes;
+        } catch (e) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
 }

nativescript-core/utils/utils.android.ts

@@ -182,3 +182,7 @@ Please ensure you have your manifest correctly configured with the FileProvider.
         return false;
     }
 }
+
+export function isRealDevice(): boolean {
+    return ad.isRealDevice();
+}

nativescript-core/utils/utils.d.ts

@@ -347,3 +347,8 @@ export function hasDuplicates(arr: Array<any>): boolean;
  * @param arr - The array.
  */
 export function eliminateDuplicates(arr: Array<any>): Array<any>;
+
+/**
+ * Checks whether the application is running on real device and not on simulator/emulator.
+ */
+export function isRealDevice(): boolean;

nativescript-core/utils/utils.ios.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export * from "./utils-common";
 export function openFile(filePath: string): boolean {
     try {
         const appPath = ios.getCurrentAppPath();
-        const path = filePath.replace("~", appPath);
+        let path = ios.isRealDevice() ? filePath.replace("~", appPath) : filePath;
 
         const controller = UIDocumentInteractionController.interactionControllerWithURL(NSURL.fileURLWithPath(path));
         controller.delegate = <UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegate>new ios.UIDocumentInteractionControllerDelegateImpl();
@@ -45,3 +45,7 @@ export function openUrl(location: string): boolean {
 
     return false;
 }
+
+export function isRealDevice(): boolean {
+    return ios.isRealDevice();
+}