[CB-9986] window.file on windows platform undefined

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 3.5.0
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-file, cordova-windows
• Labels: path windows

Environment

Visual Studio Community 2015, Visual Studio Community 2015 Update 1 (RC)

• External issue URL: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33627788/cordova-plugin-file
• Assignee: Jason Ginchereau
• Reporter: Pavel
• Created: 12/Nov/15 11:28
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 06:56
• Resolved: 12/Nov/15 20:29

Description

I've tried to use the plugin on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (UWP) and I get the same problems every time.
When the plugins are loaded, cordova.file/window.file is undefined , however I can overcome this issue with cordova.require function - which gives me the file object.
But even by doing so, I don't get the file paths which declared in the documentation such as: cordova.file.dataDirectoryand others.

That's how I'm overcoming this issue right now:
if (!window.file) {
window.file = cordova.require("cordova-plugin-file.FileProxy");
window.file.requestAllPaths(function (paths) {
for (var path in paths)

{ window.file[path] = paths[path]; }

ready();
});
}

I got this code which runs fine on Android and IOS using angular:
$cordovaFile.createDir(window.file.dataDirectory, directoryName, false).then(function (data)

{ return true; }

,
function (error)

{ console.log("createParentDirectoryfaild"); return false; }

);
this code fails on Windows platform - cause window.file is undefined

Issue Links

• duplicates: CB-9887 Windows platform file plugin does not define standard cordova.file.* paths