Qml Image downloading error

[huluyige]

Hi everyone,

i use qmlapplicationviewer to view qml files for my application. of qml files, there a large number of Qml Image Elements with remote sources like:

@Image{
source:"http://xxx.xxx.com/home/an_image.jpg"
}@

it works fine on N8 with wifi, but i cant see images with 3G.

Errors in the console

@QML Image: Error downloading http://xxx.xxx.com/home/an_image.jpg- server replied: Forbidden@

I tested the link in the web browser, it works fine.

The most wired problem is that , with 3G, i can dowload files using QNetworkAccessManager. The problem seems that i didn't well configure the "QNetworkAccessManager" of qmlapplicationviewer, or there is some wrong for qml network transparency?

Anyone has ideas?

Thanks

[ZapB]

Looks like the problem is that your webserver is preventing access from external networks. Check the logs for your webserver when using 3G.

Do you do anything special when using QNAM to download the images over 3G?

[huluyige]

@ZapB , i tested it using another url, which is from another webserver. there was the same error.

for my QNAM, i did nothing special.

[huluyige]

it seems the same problem...
"another thread":http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewthread/2672/

[geronimo77170]

Hi

There is indeed some user agent filtering issue with operator network. To bypass this issue, you'll have to define a custom network access manager factory (subclass) and set it in the context of your declarative engine ("link":http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7-snapshot/qdeclarativeengine.html#setNetworkAccessManagerFactory) :

@
class NetworkAccessManagerFactory : public QDeclarativeNetworkAccessManagerFactory
{
public:
explicit NetworkAccessManagerFactory(QString p_userAgent = "");

QNetworkAccessManager* create(QObject* parent)
{
    CustomNetworkAccessManager* manager = new CustomNetworkAccessManager(__userAgent, parent);
    return manager;
}

private:
QString __userAgent;
};
@

Then you'll have to subclass QNetworkAccessManager in order to hook the creation of http request :

@
class CustomNetworkAccessManager : public QNetworkAccessManager
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
explicit CustomNetworkAccessManager(QString p_userAgent = "", QObject *parent = 0);

protected:
QNetworkReply *createRequest( Operation op, const QNetworkRequest &req, QIODevice * outgoingData=0 )
{

    QNetworkRequest new_req(req);
    new_req.setRawHeader("User-Agent", __userAgent.toAscii());

    QNetworkReply *reply = QNetworkAccessManager::createRequest( op, new_req, outgoingData );
    return reply;
}

private:
QString __userAgent;
};
@

Then you can define a helper class to retrieve the same user agent as the one used by Qt webkit :

@
class UserAgentProvider : public QWebPage
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
explicit UserAgentProvider(QWidget *parent = 0);

QString getUserAgent()
{
    return userAgentForUrl(QUrl(""));
}

};
@

Finally you set the network access factory class in your QML context (for instance in main.cpp) :

@
// Set custom NetworkAccessManagerFactory object in QDeclarative context
UserAgentProvider p;
QString userAgent = p.getUserAgent();

NetworkAccessManagerFactory factory(userAgent);
viewer.engine()->setNetworkAccessManagerFactory(&factory);
@

Nicolas