MOD: Cache and preload Gaia pages

Since there is no (easy) way for this in Gaia, I created a way to easily cache and preload gaia pages, with minor Gaia changes:

http://www.tyz.nl/2010/01/25/cache-and-preload-gaia-pages/


Please let me know what you think of it.

Just updated the classes. Progress and error events are now dispatched correctly.

i havent tried this yet but just wanted to say thankyou anyway, ive been looking for something just like this

have a nice day
-Dan

All classes are improved and now available in our "Temple" library at Google code: http://code.google.com/p/templelibrary/source/browse/trunk#trunk/lib/temple/data/loader/cache

Nice library... works good! Could you tell me if there is any way to preload the pages in the background while the user is browsing on the current page?

You could set preload to false in the asset node and load the asset manually. Just like you would normally do with an asset.

You could set preload to false in the asset node and load the asset manually. Just like you would normally do with an asset.

Oh, cool... thanks for your fast reply!

I just tried this out with the latest version of Gaia (3.2.3) and it appears to load all of my pages at once (great!). However, it looks like the preloader has disappeared (I am using the default preloader).

Any suggestions?

Nope, everything works fine here.

Wait, I see now. You cannot see the preloader when testing in the Flash IDE (using the "simulate download") setting...but the preloader shows up online.

Thanks for your great work, but I can’t get it working with the latest versions of the Gaia(3.2.3) and the Temple(2.8.2) - it keeps loading new pages into memory.
Please let me know if I did something wrong. Here is my source (used your last example from your comment in blog):
http://www.mediafire.com/?q2w0pkqeoki8phm

@alex: I already answered you on my blog: http://www.tyz.nl/2010/01/25/cache-and-preload-gaia-pages/#comment-10935

Hi, I've decided to use this mod, but unfortunately it doesn't work

I've use two version with .as files an with .swc file...without success

In first case, on start of course pages where preloading, but during change pege. Preloader was just showing up. Not good.

In my second case, I've 3 errors. on CS3

1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: CacheLoader.  -- public var _loader:CacheLoader;
1180: Call to a possibly undefined method CacheLoader. -- _loader = new CacheLoader();
1172: Definition temple.data.loader.cache:CacheLoader could not be found. -- import temple.data.loader.cache.CacheLoader;

And these errors on CS5
VerifyError: Error #1014: Nie znaleziono klasy temple.data.loader.cache::CacheLoader.

   at com.gaiaframework.assets::AssetTypes$/http://www.gaiaflashframework.com/2008/flash/com/gaia/api/gaia_internal::init()
   at com.gaiaframework.core::GaiaMain/startGaia()
   at com.gaiaframework.core::GaiaMain/onAddedToStage()
   at Main/onAddedToStage()


Of course I copy .swc file to folder that contain Main.as and to others folders with .as files.

Does anybody has got working example?

Thanks

@Peter_D: copying the .swc to the source folder isn't enough. You must add the .swc file to the library path of your .fla file. Did you try the example of my blog?

Thanks for this! But wait ..... checking this out for the first time, I am STUNNED by the level of tight integration with your framework!  I started adding classes  ... got to about 10, and began to wonder, how deep does this rabbit hole go? How many classes I need to import from Temple framework to use this Gaia extension?

10?
20?

No no ... I counted JUST the individual classes needed to use CacheURLLoader
61!

61 individual Class dependencies to use this (don't believe me, count for yourself)
This also adds 63KB to main.swf

Guys, can you help me understand?