[CB-11941] Allow windows and windows phone apps to play audio located relative to the app root

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Do
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.0
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-media
• Labels: windows windows-phone windows-phone-10 windows-phone-81 wp10 wp8.1

Environment

windows and windows phone

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: julian hill
• Created: 02/Oct/16 09:15
• Updated: 29/Sep/22 23:52
• Resolved: 29/Sep/22 23:52

Description

I've had a look at the plugin code for windows and for the media source it looks like you can specify a url, a 'file://' or a 'cdvFile://'.

The problem with the latter two is that they have to refer to either temp or persistent storage; it's not possible to specify that you want the audio file retrieving from a folder relative to the app root.

I've manually copied over my audio files to:
...\AppData\Local\Packages\my_app_name\LocalState

...and confirmed that they do play if I specify a path of: ''cdvfile://localhost/persistent/my_audio.mp3''

I've overriden the src/windows/MediaProxy.js code and hardcoded in various different paths for "thisM.node.src = srcUri.absoluteCanonicalUri;"

I've tried:
thisM.node.src = "ms-appx:///audio/my_audio_file.mp3"
thisM.node.src = "ms-appx:///my_app_name/www/audio/my_audio_file.mp3"
thisM.node.src = "audio/my_audio_file.mp3"

The first two don't report any errors when trying to play but nothing is heard.
The last one converts the source to:
"ms-appx-web://my_app_name/www//audio/my_audio_file.mp3"
... and reports an invalid src error when attempting to play.

So, it looks like something in the C# code also need changing.

As a work around I'll have to (if possible) check if the media files exist in the persistent folder and if not copy them over from the app audio folder.

Alternatively I could install the media files into the persistent folder when the app is installed but I haven't found a way to do this yet.

Thanks