I'm trying to create a helper class that will handle reading and writing internal files in my android app using Kotlin.
Here are the links I followed in order:
Here's my code:
package com.example.testapp
// Added
import android.content.Context
import java.io.File
// External
import androidx.security.crypto.EncryptedFile
import androidx.security.crypto.MasterKeys
@Suppress("unused")
class SystemMain {
fun writeFile(context: Context) {
// Although you can define your own key generation parameter specification, it's recommended that you use the value specified here.
val keyGenParameterSpec = MasterKeys.AES256_GCM_SPEC
val masterKeyAlias = MasterKeys.getOrCreate(keyGenParameterSpec)
// Creates a file with this name, or replaces an existing file that has the same name. Note that the file name cannot contain path separators.
val fileToWrite = "my_sensitive_data.txt"
val encryptedFile = EncryptedFile.Builder(File(fileToWrite), context, masterKeyAlias, EncryptedFile.FileEncryptionScheme.AES256_GCM_HKDF_4KB).build()
encryptedFile.bufferedWriter().use { writer ->
writer.write("MY SUPER-SECRET INFORMATION")
}
}
}
Here's my build.gradle:
...
implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:2.1.0"
implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:2.1.0"
implementation "androidx.security:security-crypto:1.0.0-alpha02"
...
The error I'm getting is here: encryptedFile.bufferedWriter()
Unresolved reference. None of the following candidates is applicable because of receiver type mismatch:
- @InlineOnly public inline fun File.bufferedWriter(charset: Charset = ..., bufferSize: Int = ...): Buffered Writer defined in kotlin.io
- @InlineOnly public inline fun OutputStream.bufferedWriter(charset: Charset = ...): BufferedWriter defined in kotlin.io
Am I missing a reference somewhere? Am I using the incorrect references? Has the code changed and the documentation on the links are outdated?
I'm very new at this. Any advice / help will be appreciated.
After looking at definitions and declarations; I've found this:
encryptedFile.openFileOutput().bufferedWriter().use {writer ->
writer.write("MY SUPER-SECRET INFORMATION")
}
Not sure how well this will work, but there's no error.
Hope this helps someone else.