[CB-10312] [browser] Through plugin-file-transfer translated cdvfile:// URL not accepted by plugin-file

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-file, cordova-plugin-file-transfer (DEPRECATED)
• Labels: Browser triaged

Environment

browser

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Harm van Tilborg
• Created: 08/Jan/16 19:39
• Updated: 11/Jul/18 22:50
• Resolved: 11/Jul/18 22:50

Description

When using this cordova-plugin-file-transfer snippet in the browser platform (using Chrome), the cdvfile path that is translated by the plugin, is not accepted by the cordova-plugin-file.

var ft = new FileTransfer();
ft.download(
    encodeURI('http://some.place/some.file'),
    'cdvfile://localhost/persistent/some/path',
    function (entry) {
        // do something
    },
    function (error) {
        // dummy
    },
    false
);

The file-transfer plugin rewrites the cdvfile URL to filesystem:http://localhost:8000/persistent/some/path. When this translated path is fed to cordova-plugin-file/www/browser/Preparing.js (the resolveLocalFileSystemURL function) it is not accepted by the 'are there two colons in the path'-check.

So I guess there is something wrong with cordova-plugin-file-transfer accepting the localhost:8000 path, and cordova-plugin-file denying it. Not exactly sure what the fix would be.