How to get the path for a public folder file in cordova

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Lets say I have /public/images/marker.png. Whats the best way to get the cordova local file path so I can hand it to the native google maps plugin for cordova. (For instance, for a marker icon)

This StackOverflow question is asking basically the same thing.

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This finally worked for me.

getLocalPath = function(file) {
return cordova.file.applicationDirectory.replace(‘file://’, ‘’) + ‘www/application/’ + file;
};

getLocalPath(‘bell.wav’)

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I have tried that… also ‘www/application’ + file, and ‘www/’ + path, but nothing has worked :frowning: You were able to get the marker icon to show on the map?

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what finally worked for me was

'www/application/app' + file
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Yep that is the correct path now.

When I posted 3 months ago Cordova still hadn’t been upgraded and so it was a different path. Glad you figured it out!

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Is this still working? I got some sound file in my public directory like ‘public/sounds/test.mp3’. I tried to access the file via

 var sound = new Sound('www/application/app/sounds/test.mp3');

but the sound couldn’t be loaded. Anyone an idea?

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I read about that issue here https://github.com/meteor/guide/issues/40

cordova.file.applicationDirectory + 'www/application/app/' + yourFilePath

gives me

file:///android_asset/www/application/app//sounds/test.mp3

which sees to be the correct path.