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Android batch upload example?
I'm looking for a full example of batch upload (using simple uploads, not chunked) using Android. I have found bits and pieces of info scattered around: SDK docs for uploadSeesionStartBatch, but...
Hi jimbobbles,
Batch upload is very similar to upload a big file using session upload, so you can start with some example showing single big file (more than 150MB) upload - there are such examples; select most familiar one to you. You should use such upload style for both big and small files!
There are 2 main specifics/differences you should keep in mind:
- In single file upload you may select whether to finish/close session during last append (or even on start for small files) or on finishing. Most examples upload last piece of data on finishing. In batch upload you DON'T have such a choice; all upload sessions MUST BE FINISHED/CLOSED during last append (or during start for small files)! During batch finishing every passed session has to be finished/closed already.
- Instead of finish, finish batch has to be used of course.
Everything else may stay the same. It's up to you whether to start with batch start or not - it's not something mandatory; all upload sessions are the same type.
Hope this gives direction.
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