@capawesome-team/capacitor-zip¶

Capacitor plugin to zip and unzip files.

Features¶

🖥️ Cross-platform: Supports Android and iOS.
📁 File Compression: Zip and unzip single or multiple files.
🔑 Encryption: Encrypt and decrypt files.
📦 SPM: Supports Swift Package Manager for iOS.
🔁 Up-to-date: Always supports the latest Capacitor version.
⭐️ Support: First-class support from the Capawesome Team.

Compatibility¶

Plugin Version	Capacitor Version	Status
6.x.x	6.x.x	Deprecated
7.x.x	>=7.x.x	Active support

Installation¶

This plugin is only available to Capawesome Insiders. First, make sure you have the Capawesome npm registry set up. You can do this by running the following commands:

npm config set @capawesome-team:registry https://npm.registry.capawesome.io
npm config set //npm.registry.capawesome.io/:_authToken <YOUR_LICENSE_KEY>

Attention: Replace <YOUR_LICENSE_KEY> with the license key you received from Polar. If you don't have a license key yet, you can get one by becoming a Capawesome Insider.

Next, install the package:

npm install @capawesome-team/capacitor-zip
npx cap sync

Android¶

Proguard¶

If you are using Proguard, you need to add the following rules to your proguard-rules.pro file:

-keep class io.capawesome.capacitorjs.plugins.** { *; }

Variables¶

This plugin will use the following project variables (defined in your app’s variables.gradle file):

$zip4jVersion version of net.lingala.zip4j:zip4j (default: 2.11.5)

Configuration¶

No configuration required for this plugin.

Demo¶

A working example can be found here: robingenz/capacitor-plugin-demo

Usage¶

import { Zip } from '@capawesome-team/capacitor-zip';

const unzip = async () => {
  await Zip.unzip({
    source: 'file:///data/user/0/dev.robingenz.capacitor.plugindemo/cache/1714900095398.zip',
    destination: 'file:///data/user/0/dev.robingenz.capacitor.plugindemo/cache/1714900095398',
    password: 'secret',
  });
};

const zip = async () => {
  await Zip.zip({
    source: 'file:///data/user/0/dev.robingenz.capacitor.plugindemo/cache/1714900095398',
    destination: 'file:///data/user/0/dev.robingenz.capacitor.plugindemo/cache/1714900095398.zip',
    password: 'secret',
  });
};

unzip(...)¶

unzip(options: UnzipOptions) => Promise<void>

Unzip a file.

Only available on Android and iOS.

Param	Type
`options`	`UnzipOptions`

Since: 6.0.0

zip(...)¶

zip(options: ZipOptions) => Promise<void>

Zip a file or directory.

Only available on Android and iOS.

Param	Type
`options`	`ZipOptions`

Since: 6.0.0

Interfaces¶

UnzipOptions¶

Prop	Type	Description	Since
`destination`	`string`	The destination directory.	6.0.0
`password`	`string`	The password to decrypt the zip file.	6.1.0
`source`	`string`	The source file to unzip.	6.0.0

ZipOptions¶

Prop	Type	Description	Since
`destination`	`string`	The destination file.	6.0.0
`password`	`string`	The password to encrypt the zip file.	6.1.0
`source`	`string`	The source file or directory to zip.	6.0.0

Changelog¶

See CHANGELOG.md.

License¶

See LICENSE.