[CB-9555] Media plugin should hide details of filesystem access

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: cordova-android, cordova-js
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Thomas Hunter II
• Created: 26/Aug/15 06:13
• Updated: 31/Aug/15 22:44

Description

When using the Media plugin to play music from the local filesystem, one can simply load the path to media files relative to the www/ directory on iOS, e.g.:

new Media('audio/file.wav');

However, when using Android, one needs to prefix the path with a string (a string which is not mentioned in the documentation):

new Media('/android_asset/www/audio/file.wav');

This is of course a very leaky abstraction. Regardless of the platform Cordova runs on, one should be able to use the same path for playing audio.