Get Storage information using Qt

Article Metadata

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Tested with

Devices(s): Nokia 5800 and Nokia N97.

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Compatibility

Platform(s): S60 3rd Edition, FP1, FP2
S60 5th Edition

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Article

Keywords: QSystemStorageInfo, QListWidget, QScrollArea

Created: Yashu (30 Mar 2010)

Last edited: hamishwillee (13 Jun 2012)

Overview

This code example shows how to access storage information from the device. For example to get name of available drives, available space on each drive, total space on each drive and type of drive of the device. Code example use QSystemStorageInfo API from QtMobility APIs.

This snippet requires ReadDeviceData capabilities. Self-signing is not possible, a Developer certificate is needed to sign application for testing.

Prerequisite

• Install Qt for Symbian:Installing Qt on Symbian
• Install QtMobility APIs:Setting up environment for Qt Mobility API

Headers required

#include <qsysteminfo.h>

.pro file

Modify your .pro file as follows.

QT += core \
    gui \
    network
INCLUDEPATH += d:/qtmobility/src/systeminfo
INCLUDEPATH += D:/QtMobility/src/global
 
CONFIG += mobility
MOBILITY = systeminfo
symbian:TARGET.CAPABILITY = ReadDeviceData

Header file

/* GetStorageInfo.h */
#ifndef GETSTORAGEINFO_H
#define GETSTORAGEINFO_H
 
#include <QtGui/QMainWindow>
#include <qsysteminfo.h>
 
QTM_USE_NAMESPACE;
 
class QListWidget;
class QScrollArea;
 
QTM_USE_NAMESPACE;
 
class GetStorageInfo : public QMainWindow
{
    Q_OBJECT
 
public:
	GetStorageInfo(QWidget *parent = 0);
    ~GetStorageInfo();
 
private:
	void resizeEvent (QResizeEvent* event);
	void setWidgetGeometry(QSize* screenSize);
    void getStorageInformation();
 
private:
    QSystemStorageInfo* sysInfo;
	QListWidget     *listWidget;
	QScrollArea     *scrollArea;
};
 
#endif // GETSTORAGEINFO_H

Source file

/* GetStorageInfo.cpp */
#include "GetStorageInfo.h"
#include <QListWidget>
#include <QScrollArea>
#include <QResizeEvent>
 
GetStorageInfo::GetStorageInfo(QWidget *parent)
    : QMainWindow(parent)
{
	setWindowTitle("Get storage information");	
 
	/*The sysInfo becomes a child of the GetDisplayInfo, and will be destroyed when the GetDisplayInfo is deleted */
	sysInfo = new QSystemStorageInfo(this);
 
	/* To show items in list view */
	listWidget = new QListWidget();
	listWidget->setObjectName(QString::fromUtf8("listWidget"));
 
	/* To make UI scrollable */
	scrollArea = new QScrollArea();
	setWidgetGeometry(&(size()));
 
	/* scrollArea takes ownership of the listWidget, so no need to delete it */
	scrollArea->setWidget(listWidget);
	scrollArea->setAlignment(Qt::AlignLeft);
	scrollArea->setWidgetResizable(true);
 
	/* QMainWindow takes ownership of the scrollArea, so no need to delete it */
	setCentralWidget(scrollArea);
	getStorageInformation();
}
 
GetStorageInfo::~GetStorageInfo()
{
 
}
 
void GetStorageInfo::resizeEvent (QResizeEvent* event)
{
	QSize widgetSize = event->size();
	setWidgetGeometry(&widgetSize);
	QMainWindow::resizeEvent(event);
}
 
void GetStorageInfo::setWidgetGeometry(QSize* screenSize)
{
	resize(*screenSize);
	QRect rect(0,0,screenSize->width(), screenSize->height());
	listWidget->setGeometry(rect);
}
 
void GetStorageInfo::getStorageInformation()
{
	QString strInfo;
        //* qlonglong defined in 4.2 same as qint64 
 
	qlonglong 	 diskSpace;
 
	/*get logical drives */
	QStringList driveList = sysInfo->logicalDrives();
 
	strInfo.append("Drives information: ") ;
	listWidget->addItem(strInfo);
 
	foreach ( QString str, driveList ) 
	{
		strInfo.clear();
		strInfo.append("   Drive name: " + str);
		listWidget->addItem(strInfo);
 
		/* get available space on drive. */
		diskSpace = sysInfo->availableDiskSpace(str);
 
		strInfo.clear();
 
		if(diskSpace > 1000000)
		{
			diskSpace /= 1000000;
			strInfo.setNum(diskSpace);
			strInfo.prepend("   Available space: ");
			strInfo.append("MB");
 
		}
		else if(diskSpace > 1000)
		{
			diskSpace /= 1000;
			strInfo.setNum(diskSpace);
			strInfo.prepend("   Available space: ");
			strInfo.append("KB");
 
		}
		else
		{
			strInfo.setNum(diskSpace);
			strInfo.prepend("   Available space: ");
			strInfo.append("Bytes");
		}
 
		listWidget->addItem(strInfo);
 
		/* get total space on drive */
		diskSpace = sysInfo->totalDiskSpace(str);
 
		strInfo.clear();
 
		if(diskSpace > 1000000)
		{
			diskSpace /= 1000000;
			strInfo.setNum(diskSpace);
			strInfo.prepend("   Total space: ");
			strInfo.append("MB");
 
		}
		else if(diskSpace > 1000)
		{
			diskSpace /= 1000;
			strInfo.setNum(diskSpace);
			strInfo.prepend("   Total space: ");
			strInfo.append("KB");
 
		}
		else
		{
			strInfo.setNum(diskSpace);
			strInfo.prepend("   Total space: ");
			strInfo.append("Bytes");
		}
 
		listWidget->addItem(strInfo);
 
		strInfo.clear();
		strInfo.append("   Type of drives: ");
 
		/* get type of drive */
		switch(sysInfo->typeForDrive(str))
		{
		case QSystemStorageInfo::InternalDrive:
			{
			strInfo.append("InternalDrive");
			break;
			}
		case QSystemStorageInfo::RemovableDrive:
			{
			strInfo.append("RemovableDrive");
			break;
			}
		case QSystemStorageInfo::RemoteDrive:
			{
			strInfo.append("RemoteDrive");
			break;
			}
		case QSystemStorageInfo::CdromDrive:
			{
			strInfo.append("CdromDrive");
			break;
			}
		case QSystemStorageInfo::NoDrive:
		default:
			{
			strInfo.append("NoDrive available");
			break;
			}
		}
 
		listWidget->addItem(strInfo);
 
		strInfo.clear();
		strInfo.append("  ");
		listWidget->addItem(strInfo);
	}
}

Postconditions

The code snippet is expected to read storage information from device and show it on screen.

Storage information 1

Storage information 2

Download Code Example

• Working Code Example is available to download from here.

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