Create/Update Android Enterprise/Classic Text Files Using JavaScript

Some common use cases for creating files using data extracted from the SOTI MobiControl agent include:

• Extracting data using custom data. For example, create a .txt file on each device containing name/serial/MAC address, etc.
• Replacing specific text (such as URLs) on each device.

Android Classic and Android Enterprise devices.

In the SOTI MobiControl Android Agent JavaScript engine, you can create text files on a device's SD card. You can include device details such as the device names, serial numbers, or MAC addresses. You can also replace a specific URL in an existing text file on the device's SD card.

Option 1: Create a new text file on the device

1. Navigate to the Device Information section.
2. Select Actions button (…) > Send Script.
3. In the Script Type field, select JavaScript.

4. Enter the following JavaScript code:

var file = new mobicontrol.io.File('sdcard/DevSerNumber.txt');
file.writeText(mobicontrol.device.serialNumber);

 5. Select Send Script. A text file is created on the device's SD card named DevSerNumber.txt, containing the device's serial number.

Tip: For more information on the file.writeText(text) function, see SOTI MobiControl Android Agent JavaScript.

Option 2: Replace existing data in a text file

This example shows how to replace the data in an existing text file named URL.txt. The file content (a URL) google.com is replaced with yahoo.com:

1. Navigate to the Device Information section.
2. Select Actions button (…) > Send Script.
3. In the Script Type field, select JavaScript.

4. Enter the following JavaScript code:

var inputFile = new mobicontrol.io.File('/sdcard/URL.txt');
var data = inputFile.readText();
var result = data.replace('google.com', 'yahoo.com');
var outputFile = new mobicontrol.io.File('/sdcard/URL.txt');
outputFile.writeText(result);

 5. Select Send Script.

The URL.txt text file is updated so that the URL google.com is replaced with yahoo.com.